RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLES AND AGGRESSION IN PAKISTANI ADOLESCENTS

• Main Authors: Ambreen Anjum, Tayyaba Noor, Noreen Sharif
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Khyber Medical University 2019-06-01
• Series: Khyber Medical University Journal
• Subjects: Aggression; Adolescents; Parenting Style Questionnaire; Authoritative; Authoritarian; Aggression scale
• Online Access: https://www.kmuj.kmu.edu.pk/article/view/18568
• ISSN: 2305-2643; 2305-2651

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.