RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES AND AGGRESSION IN PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS

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Ambreen Anjum
Tayyaba Noor
Noreen Sharif

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between parenting styles and aggression in adolescents studying in various schools of Lahore, Pakistan.


METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 adolescents (100 male & 100 females). Parenting Style Questionnaire and Aggression scale were used to collect the data. Sample was selected from 3 schools of Lahore (King Way High School, Shaheen High School and Lahore Garrison School) using purposive sampling strategy. The age range of sample was 14 to 18 years. In the present study we hypothesized; adolescents with authoritarian parents will have high level of aggression as compared to the adolescents of authoritative parents. We used Pearson Correlation and Multiple Regression techniques to find out the results from collected data.  


RESULTS: Mean age of participants was 13.09±0.86 years. Significant positive association was found between authoritarian parenting style and aggression (P<0.01) and significant inverse relationship between authoritative style of parenting and aggression (P<0.05) in adolescents. So, parents with authoritarian parenting style had higher level of aggression. Authoritarian parenting significantly predicted (19%) aggression in adolescents, while authoritative parenting style was not a significant predictor of aggression in adolescents.


CONCLUSION: In our study, there is significant effect of authoritative and authoritarian parenting style on aggression and most of the children from authoritarian parents have high level of aggression as compared to authoritative parents.

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Anjum, Ambreen, et al. “RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES AND AGGRESSION IN PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS”. KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL, vol. 11, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 98-101, doi:10.35845/kmuj.2019.18568.
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Ambreen Anjum, the islamia university of bahawalpur

Ambreen Anjum Assisstant Professor the islamia university of Bahawalpur

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