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The relationship between different parenting techniques and the social adjustment of adolescents
Citation
Huan, V., & Tan, E. (1999). The relationship between different parenting techniques and the social adjustment of adolescents. In S. P. Loo (Ed.), Proceedings of the MERA-ERA Joint conference 1999: Educational Challenges in the New Millennium (pp. 390-396). Malaysian Educational Research Association; Educational Research Association (Singapore).
Abstract
This paper presents findings of a study that was undertaken to examine the relationship between different parenting techniques and the social adjustment of adolescents who are between the ages of 14 and 16. Using a General Information Questionnaire and an adapted version of John Buri’s Parental Authority Questionnaire, the study yielded results obtained from 2 different groups of adolescents. One group comprised of 224 students from two secondary schools in Singapore, while the other was made up of 135 adolescents from three residential homes for juvenile delinquents. Findings of the study revealed significant differences between the types of parenting techniques employed by the parents of the two different adolescent groups. The non-delinquents yielded scores which showed that their parents were more authoritative in their discipline techniques whereas the delinquents’ data indicated that their parents were more permissive and neglectful in their parenting. Gender differences were found in the authoritarian parenting sub-scale between the male and female adolescents. The two groups also differed significantly in terms of their home background, parents’ educational levels, occupational type and the types of offences they commit. In addition, the amount of interaction between parent and child, monitoring and supervision, also differed significantly between the two sample groups.
Date Issued
1999
Description
This paper was published in the 1999 Proceedings of the MERA-ERA Joint Conference held at Malacca, Malaysia from 1-3 December 1999