PATTERNS OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING AS PREDICTORS OF PARENTING STYLE AMONG THE LEFT-BEHIND FAMILIES OF GULF MIGRANTS

Understanding the family functioning of left-behind families of gulf migrants and how they relate to parenting style is critically important to social workers worldwide. The study examined the associations between family functioning patterns and mothers parenting styles among the left-behind families of gulf migrants. The circumplex model of family functioning put forwarded by David H. Olson served as the study’s theoretical framework. Family Adaptation and Cohesion Evaluation Scale (FACES IV) (Olson, FACES IV and the Circumplex Model: Validation Study, 2011) was used for testing family functioning, and the Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire (Robinson, Mandleco, Olson, & Hart, 2001) was used for testing the parenting style and its dimensions. The study’s main findings suggest that balanced cohesion and flexibility correlate with the authoritative parenting style. It also revealed that the authoritarian parenting style correlates negatively with all the functional family functioning patterns: balanced cohesion and flexibility. Authoritarian parenting style correlates positively with all the dysfunctional patterns of family functioning also. While, permissive parenting style correlates positively only with balanced cohesion, disengaged, enmeshed, family communication, and family satisfaction dimension of family functioning. This benchmark study offers family social work practitioners information to assist families and contribute to family social policies. KEYWORDS: family functioning, parenting style, left-behind families.

Correlation Between Authoritarian Parenting and Self-Confidence in School-Age Children in Indonesia: A cross-sectional study

In school-age children, self-confidence is needed to complete the task of psychosocial development, namely industry or the stage of achievement. Which if not implemented correctly, the child will become inferior. Authoritarian parents who often curb and punish can affect a child's self-confidence. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between authoritarian parenting style and self-confidence of school-age children. This study used observational analysis with a cross-sectional approach. The subjects of this study were 96 primary school students who were take using a stratified random sampling technique. Data collection used an authoritarian parenting questionnaire and a self-confidence questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test. Analysis results showed that there were 54.2% of respondents who got an authoritarian parenting style, and 45.8% of respondents have low self-confidence. The chi-square test showed a correlation between authoritarian parenting style and self-confidence of school-age children (p-value = 0,001) with OR of 5,211. School-age children who get authoritarian parenting have the risk of experiencing low self-confidence 5,211 times higher. Nurses can provide health education and counseling about good parenting to the parents and teachers.

The Moderating Role of Parenting Styles in Adolescents’ Bullying and Depression

Background: Bullying others among school-aged youth is a worldwide phenomenon that has a variety of adverse outcomes, depression being one of them. Objective: The objective of the current study was to examine whether perceived parenting styles moderated the relationship between bullying others and depression among adolescents. It was hypothesized that perceived authoritarian parenting would increase the association between bullying others and depression than non-authoritarian parents. Methods: The sample included 116 adolescents aged 12-17, with a mean age of 13.87. The percentage of male participants was 47.41% . We used self-report questionnaires, which measured the different variables in the study (bullying, perceptions of parenting styles, and depression). Results: A positive correlation between bullying others and depressive symptoms was found. Bullying others and perceived authoritarian parenting style were also correlated, and a positive correlation was found between perceived authoritarian parenting style and depressive symptoms. The moderation effect of perceived parenting style on the association between bullying others and depressive symptoms was found significant. Among adolescents perceiving their parents as authoritarian, the association between bullying others and depressive symptoms was found to be stronger. In contrast, among adolescents perceiving their parents as non-authoritarian, the association was low. Conclusion: Results of this study have important clinical implications by understanding the parenting component in the association between bullying others and depression. Our results suggest that the psychological outcomes for bullies may depend, among other things, on their perception of parents' parenting style.

PARENTING STYLES AND AGGRESSION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS IN DIGOS CITY

The primal purpose of the study was to find out which domain of parenting styles best influenced aggression of juvenile delinquents. Around 184 juvenile delinquents as determined by the Philippine National Police-Women and Children Protection Desk and personnel from the Department of Social and Welfare Development were chosen through universal sampling method. This study utilised quantitative-correlational research design. The statistical tools used were mean, Pearson r, and regression technique. The results of the study reveal that there was an evident and significant relationship between parenting styles and aggression among the identified juvenile delinquents. Further, it was also found out that on the domains of parenting styles, authoritarian parenting style emerged as the sole indicator that best influenced aggression of juvenile delinquents.

Διερεύνηση των σχέσεων της γονικότητας με την εκδήλωση τελειοθηρίας σε φοιτητικό πληθυσμό

Previous research suggests that the origins of perfectionism lie in parental factors. The present study examined how parenting style and family perfectionism is associated with the manifestation of perfectionism in a sample of 855 Greek university students, using the Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R), the Family Almost Perfect Scale (FAPS) and the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ). The subscales of APS-R and FAPS are combined to provide three types of personal and family perfectionism respectively (adaptive, maladaptive, absence of perfectionism), whereas PAQ distinguishes three parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive, authoritative). The authoritative parenting style was positively associated with adaptive perfectionism in both genders and negatively associated with maladaptive perfectionism among women, the authoritarian parenting style was positively associated with maladaptive perfectionism among men, whereas the permissive parenting style was positively associated with maladaptive perfectionism among women and the absence of perfectionism among men. Moreover, the type of personal perfectionism was associated to the respective type of family perfectionism.

The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Behavioral Problems among Bahraini Preschoolers

The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between Bahrainis’ mothers parenting styles and their young children behavioral problems. The sample composed of 255 mothers and 255 teachers of preschool children. Mothers responded to the Parenting Style Instrument whereas the teachers of the same children responded to the Behavioral Problems Instrument. The results indicated that authoritarian parenting style (42.69%) was the dominant style among Bahraini mothers of preschoolers from mothers’ perceptions. It is followed by cruelty style (13.04%) and authoritative style (11.86%). The results also showed a significant correlation between two parenting styles authoritarian and cruelty used by Bahraini mothers and attention deficit, hyperactivity and impulsiveness, and aggression among Bahraini preschoolers. It was found the authoritarian style is positively correlated with the three behavioral problems; whereas the cruelty style is positively correlated with aggression only.

Pengaruh Pola Asuh Otoriter Orang Tua terhadap Interaksi Anak Usia Dini

This problem is motivated by children who are always forbidden to play with their peers outside the home on the grounds that parents are afraid of children addicted to play and become lazy to learn, this is very contrary to early childhood education, because the child's world should be a world of play. Parents will definitely provide the best parenting for their children, and parents have their own parenting, including authoritarian parenting. This authoritarian parenting style of parents will usually rule with all the lives of children and do not give children to choose what they want to do, including in children's social interactions, parents will forbid children to play for all reasons. That way the child will have a personality that can the child unable to interact with the surrounding environment.

Peran gaya pengasuhan dan penanganan secara religius terhadap resiliensi pada remaja dengan HIV/AIDS di DenpasarBali

Objektif:Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui peran parenting style dan religious coping secara bersama-sama maupun parsial terhadap resiliency pada remaja dengan HIV/AIDS di Denpasar-Bali. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan 103 subjek remaja dengan HIV/AIDS di Denpasar-BaliMetode: Penelitian menggunakan desain kuantitatif dengan 103 responden remaja penderita HIV/AIDS yang tinggal di DenpasarBali. Data penelitian diolah menggunakan multiple regression dan linear regression. Temuan: Berdasarkan analisis yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini, diketahui bahwa: parenting style Ayah dan religious coping bersama-sama berperan terhadap resiliency (ρ < .05, R2 = 0,384); parenting style Ibu dan religious coping bersama-sama memiliki peran terhadap resiliency (ρ < .05, R2 = 0,365).Kesimpulan:Perhitungan secara parsial diperoleh hasil bahwa parenting style authoritative baik Ayah maupun Ibu, parenting style Ibu authoritarian, parenting style Ayah dan negative religious coping, parenting style Ibu dan positive religious coping, serta parenting style Ibu dan negative religious coping yang memiliki peran terhadap resiliency, sedangkan variabel lain tidak berperan terhadap resiliency.

Parenting Style, Feeding Patterns, and Adolescent Eating Behavior in South Kalimantan between Male and Female Adolescents

Parenting style and parenting eating patterns are a way of controlling teenagers eating behavior. This study aims 1) to analyze gender differences in adolescent characteristics, family characteristics, feeding patterns, and eating behavior; 2) to analyze the effect of adolescent characteristics, family characteristics, and feeding patterns on adolescent eating behavior. This study used a cross-sectional study design with survey methods. The sample of this study was 160 adolescents (61 boys and 99 girls who were in grade 10 of high school). The results of the T-test showed that there were no significant gender differences in adolescent characteristics and family characteristics. There were significant differences in authoritarian parenting style, feeding patterns and eating behavior between boys and girls. The results of the regression analysis showed that eating behavior was influenced by age and feeding patterns.