Self -Esteem of Adolescents as Related To Parenting Style and Socio-Economic Status of Parents: A Study of Mgh School Students in Dessie
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2006-07
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This investigation aimed to study the self-esteem of adolescents in
relation to parenting style and socio--economic status of parents. The data were
collected using self-esteem scale, parenting style and socio-economic status
inventories by administering these on 300 students who were randomly selected
from a high school. Having collected the data scores were tabulated and
thereafter, the scores of the data were analyzed using intercorrelation, simple
regression, multiple regression, stepwise regression, and independent samples ttest
statistical techniques. The results of the analyses suggest that authoritative,
negleciful, and authoritarian parenting styles were significantly related to
adolescents' self-esteem. Authoritative parenting was found to correlate
positively while neglectful and authoritDrlan parenting styles were found to
correlate negatively with self -esteem . The result also showed that socioeconomic
status had small but statistically significant positive relationship with
self -esteem. Males were found to score slightly higher self-esteem scores than
females. The implication of these findings is discussed and recommendations are
forwarded at the end of the paper.
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Related To Parenting Style, and Socio-Economic Status of Parents