Abstract
Parenting style is very important in influencing students’ juvenile delinquent behaviour so that it will not go against the norm of society and rules regulated. Therefore, this study examined on parenting styles and its relationship to juvenile delinquent behaviour using mixed method design. Surveys were distributed to 187 students and interview sessions were conducted to five students to explore the relationship between parenting styles (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive) and delinquent behaviours (verbal, physical, sexual, anti-social). Study result shows that there is a significant relation between authoritarian parenting style and juvenile delinquent behaviour. However, authoritative and permissive parenting styles do not show any significant relationship. This means that parents who like to control and restrict the freedom of their children influence the behavior of juvenile students. Data collected from the interview shows that authoritarian type of parents have a lot more influence towards juvenile delinquent behaviour. This is because authoritarian parenting style prioritizes a high control level to make the children listen to them in making decisions causing the children to feel conflicted, less communicative and lost their trust in parents. Therefore, this study will explain on how parents play an important role in having faith in their children so that they will be responsible and smart in limiting and preserving their behaviour.
Highlights
Parents play an important role in making sure their child’s psychology is well-developed especially in terms of behaviour, emotions, cognitive, social interaction, moral and academic achievement
The findings reported three aspects which are i) types of parenting style that was practiced, ii) types of delinquent behaviours among juvenile students and iii) relationship between parenting styles and delinquent behaviours among juvenile students
The result shows the mean score of authoritative parenting style which is 3.76 (SD = 0.482), followed by mean score of authoritarian parenting style which is 3.49 (SD = 0.454) and permissive parenting style which is 3.49 (SD = 0.463)
Summary
Parents play an important role in making sure their child’s psychology is well-developed especially in terms of behaviour, emotions, cognitive, social interaction, moral and academic achievement. Parents’ failure in educating their children will affect their future and open up risks for them to engage in behavioral problems [5,14,21]. This is because lack of knowledge and parenting skills may disrupt family system from functioning well and lead to problematic behavior among children [25,30]. Parenting styles that stress on openness and two way communication between parents and children will shape the persona of the kids It happens because these parenting styles hold power in shaping the character, growth, development and commitment as well as trust in a child[13]. It is because these parenting styles are used in educating children which in turns will affect their behaviour and development [29]
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