Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2015

Perceived Maternal Parenting Style and Self Esteem Among Adolescents

Milu Maria Anto, Fathima M. A

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Maternal parenting style plays an important role in an adolescent’s life (Craig, 2007). The current study explores the relation between perceived maternal parenting styles and self esteem among adolescents .Self esteem is an individual’s overall sense of self worth and personal value. 87 adolescent school students (42 males & 45 females between 13– 17 years) was given ‘Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ)’ and ‘ Rosenberg self–esteem scale’. To analyze the obtained data, partial correlation analysis was carried out. Results showed that Authoritative parenting style was mostly perceived maternal parenting style by majority of the adolescents. There exists a significant positive correlation between Authoritative Parenting Style and self esteem (r =0.23). High self esteem is associated with authoritative type of parenting style in mothers in the current sample . Authoritative parenting style and self esteem shows significant positive correlation(r = 0.41) in Adolescent girls .But in adolescent boys, even though the correlation was positive, it was not significant. The study focuses on to the important role of parenting in the adolescent’s self perception and self esteem

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Milu Maria Anto,Fathima M.A Perceived Maternal Parenting Style and Self Esteem Among Adolescents Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 3 March 2015

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