Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of childrearing practice on adolescent psychosocial functioning. In order to carry out this study, a sample of 328 of 133 males and 195 female adolescent students were selected randomly from three secondary schools of East Hararghe Zone. Data were collected through self-reporting questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods such as, frequency, tabulation, mean, standard deviation, range, one sample t-test, Pearson moment correlation, two-way ANOVA and multiple regression. Findings indicate that participants of the study have a reasonably acceptable level of psychosocial functioning and they perceive their parents’ childrearing practice is fairly good. There is strong and significant relationship between parental childrearing practice and adolescents’ psychosocial functioning. The gender disparity has been observed among the dimensions of child rearing practice on controlling and psychosocial functioning and also among its dimensions on behavior and relationship problems in favor of females. In addition, according to the results of ANOVA, there is psychosocial functioning difference among adolescents with respect to their level of parental childrearing practice. The main effects of gender and level of childrearing practice on psychosocial functioning are significant while together they do not have an interaction effect. Besides, most of the variability in explaining psychosocial functioning which is accounted for 64.4% is explained by parental childrearing practice and its dimension, nurturance, did not seem to explain variability in psychosocial functioning. In the end, recommendations are also made for how to properly address the gaps noted in this research.
Highlights
Adolescence is a stage a person could pass through in his/her life span (Elder, 1980; Kaplan, 2004)
The present study shows that there is a strong relationship between parental childrearing practice and adolescents’ psychosocial functioning
There was positive and statistically significant relationship between parental childrearing practice and adolescents’ psychosocial functioning. This means, as children are raised with good care, support, understanding, encouragement, responsiveness, consistent disciplining and controlling they are more likely to develop healthy psychosocial functioning
Summary
Adolescence is a stage a person could pass through in his/her life span (Elder, 1980; Kaplan, 2004). Though adolescents are viewed differently across different societies and cultures given that it is socioculturally constructed reality (Kaplan, 2004), one thing that makes it universal for all is the time where extensive changes in person’s biological, cognitive, psychological, and social are experienced in an interrelated manner (Lerner, 2009) These changes are so fundamental that they transform the growing person from childhood to adulthood (Lerner, 2009). As it is a transition period from childhood to adulthood life (Kaplan, 2004; Steinberg, 2002) and due to the changes that have attained, adolescents may come to struggle for independence, tried to take adult-status, identity formation; mature social position and relationship with others (Learner & Steinberg, 2004). Their decision may lead adolescents to either productive or unproductive life that is why this period is considered as a problem age (Learner & Steinberg, 2004) that requires parental or adult care and support
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