The Relationship between Prosocial Behavior, Self-Concept and Parenting Style among Volunteers in Mekedonia Humanitarian Association, Addis Ababa
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2021-12
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The major purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between prosocial behavior,
parenting style and self-concept. Closed-ended questionnaires of prosocial Tendencies
Measure (PTM), Parenting Styles Scale (PSS), and social self-esteem inventory were used to
gather data from a random sample of 105 (65 female and 40 male) volunteers. Most of the
questions present in a 5-point scale format. Correlation and regression analysis, ANOVA, t
test and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data. The result indicated
that volunteers have high level of prosocial behavior. Similarly, statistically significant
relations were found among prosocial behavior, parenting style and self-concept. Prosocial
behavior have significant positive relationship with parenting style(r =.275, p<.01) and self concept(r =.345, p<.01). Regarding of gender there was no statistically significant difference
between male and female volunteers in prosocial behavior. Self-concept and parenting style
accounted for the 17.3 % of proportion of variance in prosocial behavior. It was concluded
that self-concept and parenting style play vital roles in the development of prosocial
behavior.
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Prosocial behavior, self-concept, parenting style