Module 6: Assertiveness, Effective Commands, and House Rules

Author(s):  
Andrea Chronis-Tuscano ◽  
Kelly O’Brien ◽  
Christina M. Danko

In Module 6, parents learn about assertiveness and how to apply assertiveness skills to improve communication with others. An assertive (or authoritative) parenting style, characterized by giving effective commands and setting house rules, provides both nurturance and structure. The assertive parent follows through with healthy boundaries in a calm and effective manner. Parents also need to use assertiveness skills when they communicate with their child’s school, their partner/co-parent, and extended family members. In addition, parents’ success with self-care requires asserting their own needs (e.g., saying “no” to additional obligations), following through with needed changes, and challenging the beliefs (thoughts) about holding others accountable or asking for help. Given the large influence of social interactions on mood, assertiveness skills can have significant benefits for a parent’s overall interpersonal functioning across domains of family and work.

Author(s):  
Nezal Azh ◽  
Reza Zeighami ◽  
Tahereh Ataei ◽  
Maryam Mafi

AbstractObjectivesRisk-taking reasons in adolescents are divided into four cognitive, emotional, socio-environmental, and family factors. Structure, composition, and size of family as well as parenting styles effect on the development of creative abilities, transmitting cultural and social values, and the amount of adolescent risk-taking. The present study aimed to evaluate the tendency toward high-risk behaviors based on ways of interacting with children in only-child families.MethodsThis research is a descriptive analytical study. The research population was only-child adolescents and one of their parents who referred to health centers in Qazvin city to receive healthcare. The sampling has been conducted in census method. The data collection tools were adolescents’ risk-taking questionnaires and Baumrind Parenting style Inventory which were completed by adolescents and one parent, respectively. The questionnaires were completed in health centers of Qazvin City, and the sampling was conducted since February to September 2018. The SPSS version 24 was used to analyze the data.ResultsOne hundred and seventeen adolescents aged between 13 and 19 years together with one of their parents participated in this study. The majority of the mothers were housewives (62.9%) and fathers were either employees or self-employed (76.9%). Authoritative parenting style was the most dominant parenting style amongst parents (93%), and the majority of the samples (78%) had the least amount of risk. The average risk-taking score of adolescents was 23.3 ± 61.29 and the highest risk-taking behavior was dangerous driving (12.83). Risk-taking amount was negatively correlated with authoritative parenting style (r = −0.20, p = 0.28), while having direct and meaningful correlation with the permissive style (r = 0.20, p = 0.02).ConclusionThe authoritative parenting style in only-child families has been a dominant trend that justifies the intimate parent-children relationships and decreases the risk-taking amount of adolescents. Therefore, parents are suggested to focus on increasing their relationship with their adolescents, rather than reducing their family size.


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azam Akbarizadeh ◽  
Khadijeh Khoeini

Background: Every family applies a certain educational style in individual and social education of their children. These styles are influenced by many factors, including cultural, social, political, economic styles, etc. The parents’ lifestyle is one of styles that have a great impact on parenting. In this regard, the goal of present research is analysis of the role of parent’s lifestyle by the authoritative parenting style. Methods: The research method is descriptive-analytic based on library, documentary and field studies. Statistical Society of the research is all intelligent girls of grade three in high school of Zahedan during 2015-2016 school years. Cochran formula has been used to determine the sample volume which 311 people were estimated. Spearman statistical methods and multiple regressions have been used to analyze the data. Results: The results of the research show that the lifestyle and its components have a significant correlation with authoritative parenting style and can predict it. Conclusion: The findings of this study, while having applicable aspects in this domain, can be helpful in planning supplementary remedial procedures.


Author(s):  
Esraa J. Hamdan ◽  
Ahmad Y. Al-Jawarneh

This study aimed at investigating the relationship of parenting styles with social phobia among a sample of 1028 early adolescent students. To achieve the objective of the study, short forms of the parenting styles scale and a social phobia scale were used.Results showed that the participants' highest scores were on the father's authoritative and mother's authoritative parenting styles. In addition, there were significant interactions between gender and grade level on all parenting styles. The results also showed statistically significant differences in social phobia due to gender, grade level and the interaction between them, for gender was females scored higher than males. With regard to grade level seventh graders scored higher than eighth graders.The results indicated that there were significant relationships between parenting styles and social phobia, with the exception of the relationship between mother's authoritative parenting style and social phobia. Regarding the parenting styles predicting social phobia by gender, it was found that for males and females, the predictive parenting styles were: Mother's permissive parenting style and father's authoritarian parenting style. Regarding the parenting styles predicting social phobia by grade level, it was found that for seventh grade, the predictive styles were: Mother's permissive parenting style, father's permissive parenting style and father's authoritative parenting style, respectively. For eighth grade, the predictive styles were: Father's permissive parenting style, mother's permissive parenting style and father's authoritarian parenting style. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 599-610
Author(s):  
Amininiye Macgregor Manuel ◽  
Ntiedo Asuquo

This study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and subjective well-being among undergraduate youths in the University of Port Harcourt using the correlational research design. The study was guided by five research questions and their corresponding null hypotheses. The sample for the study was composed of 400 undergraduate students drawn using the purposive sampling technique. Two instruments were used for data collection which were the parenting style inventory and the subjective well-being inventory. The instruments were assessed for reliability and validity and were shown to be suitable. Data analysis was done using linear regression and multiple regression for answering the research questions, while ANOVA associated with linear and multiple regression were used to test the null hypotheses. Result showed that authoritative parenting style had the highest independent prediction on the subjective well- being of youths, while authoritarian had the least independent prediction. On the basis of the result obtained, it was recommended that parents adopt the authoritative parenting style when dealing with their children so as to achieve an optimal state of subjective well-being.


2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.A. Mas Diah Widiyanti ◽  
Adijanti Marheni

  Parenting style are all forms of interaction process between parent and child that will give effect to the personality development of children. The growth of self-efficacy in adolescents is evolve regularly. Beginning of the growth of self-efficacy focused on the elderly, then influenced by siblings, peers, and other adults. In this case the parents and family members have an important role in the formation of adolescent self-efficacy. Patterns of parenting and good interaction with family members is a contributing factor to form a positive self-efficacy in adolescents. Different dynamics of parenting style will also form a different self efficacy in adolescents. The aim of this research is to investigate the difference of self-efficacy based on parenting style of middle adolescents in Denpasar. This research is quantitative comparison. The subjects were middle adolescents in Denpasar as many as 380 people to the criteria of Grade X and XI Senior High School in Denpasar. The sample were selected using Area Probability Random Sampling Method. Method of data collection using the Parenting Scale has tested its validity, the reliability of 0.952 as well as Self-Efficacy Scale also has reliability 0.962. Distribution of the data obtained indicates normal data and homogeneous. Statistical analysis methods with techniques of comparative One Way Anova. Results obtained F = 22.275, p = 0.000 and analysis of Post Hoc get results indicate that the authoritative parenting has a significance of 0.000 Authoritarian, authoritative parenting with 0,000 Permissive, Authoritarian parenting Permissive amounted to 0.163. It means that the difference in self-efficacy based on the type of authoritative parenting with authoritarian, self-efficacy differences with Permissive parenting authoritative, and there is no difference in self-efficacy on the Authoritarian Permissive parenting adolescents in the middle of Denpasar. Keywords : Parenting Style, Self-Efficacy, Middle Adolescents


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Nurul Arifiyanti

Preschools behavior must be developed since early of children ages. It is believed to affects their further characters. It plays an important role in their habit, building interaction, and character development. Childrens behavior is influenced by the habit which is done by the people around of them, like parent. Hence this study proposes parenting style on preschools prosocial behavior. Those effects are likely varied from home. Participating preschool students (N= 61) during two weeks in January 2017 who had a mean age of 5.14 years. The data were obtained using questionnaire and observation sheet. A quantitative research method was use to collection, analysis and interpretation of data. According to the result, there was not significant positive correlation between authoritative parenting style and preschool prosocial behavior. Accordingly, it can be concluded that there were alternative factors such as teacher-classmates, teacher-child relation, and childrens moods and feelings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-86
Author(s):  
Miso Lee ◽  
Minkyung Tak ◽  
Jaegon Kim ◽  
Yeonmi Yang ◽  
Daewoo Lee

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between parenting styles and childhood dental caries using a sample of 3 to 6 years old children in Korea.<br/>The subjects were 158 children aged 3 to 6 years old and their parents in Korea. The parenting styles were divided into three groups (authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive) using a translated version of the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ).<br/>Among the 353 parents/child dyads, 158 questionnaires were returned. Authoritative parenting style was the majority (95.6%), followed by authoritarian (3.8%), and permissive (0.6%). There were no statistically significant differences between dental caries and parenting styles. The mean of dft index in authoritative group was lower than others. In the authoritative domain, the higher the authoritative tendency, the lower the dft index.<br/>Overall, authoritative parenting styles resulted in low rates of dental caries for the children. The stronger the authoritative tendency of the parents, the lower the experience of dental caries in the children. Therefore, parenting styles were likely to affect the oral health of a child, but it seemed necessary to supplement the evaluation tool to evaluate the parenting styles.


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