Impact of Authoritative Parenting Style on Self-Esteem among Primary School Students

Abstract

— The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of authoritative parenting style on self-esteem. For this purpose it was hypothesized that there is a positive relationship between authoritative parenting style and self-esteem among primary school students. It was also hypothesized that authoritative parenting style positively predicts Self-esteem among primary school students. The sample comprised of 259 students, including 198 boys and 61 girls. These were recruited through convenient sampling technique from Shabqadar, district Charsadda, K.P. Pakistan. The student’s age ranged from 10 years to 12 years, and their educational level was 4th and 5th classes. For data collection two scales were used. Rosenberg self-esteem scale Urdu version for measuring self-esteem of students, which was originally constructed by Rosenberg in 1965 and translated by Sammer in 2016 with 0.77 internal consistencies and test retest reliability, is 0.85. The second scale was Parental Authority Questionnaire. That was originally constructed by Buri in 1991, and translated by Khalid in 2004, with .82 Cornbrach’s coefficient and Testretest reliability is .78. Pearson correlation result indicated significant and positive correlation was obtained between maternal and paternal parenting style and self-esteem p< 0.01 . Regression analysis demonstrates p<0.01 between parenting style and self-esteem β= .16. Hence it isconcluded that authoritative parenting style fosters self-esteem of students at primary level.