Home⇛International Journal on Social Innovation & Research⇛vol. 15 no. 1 (2023)

Perceived Parenting Styles And Its Relations To The Psychological Well Being Of Late Adolescents From Single Parent And Two Parent Families

Marie Antoniette Alino

Discipline: Developmental psychology

 

Abstract:

The present study investigates the relationships of perceived parenting style and the six dimensions of the psychological well-being of adolescents from single-parent and two-parent families. The main goal of the research is to see if perceived parenting styles are related to the psychological well-being of late adolescents from single-parent and two-parent families. There are 596 late adolescents from universities in Metro Manila. The respondents were grouped according to their family status, single-parent family or two-parent family. There are 234 respondents from the single-parent family and 362 respondents from the two-parent family. Permissive parenting is a negative predictor of personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self-acceptance for adolescents from both single-parent and two-parent families. Authoritative parenting is a significant predictor of personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, self-acceptance for adolescents in single-parent and two-parent families. For adolescents from two-parent families, authoritarian parenting is a negative predictor of personal growth, purpose in life, self-acceptance, and positive relations with others. While for adolescents from single-parent families, authoritarian parenting is a significant negative predictor for personal growth and positive relations with others only.



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