Abstract

Youth who stay in social welfare home at Pattani Province mostly come from family of very low income. Undoubtedly, they have lived in disadvantaged neighborhood. What kind of parenting practices have they experienced before living in a foster home? And how much adversity quotients they have? Is there a relationship between birth parenting practices and adversity quotient? This study collected data from 116 youth aged 8 to 21 years old. The results revealed that they have experienced all 4 parenting styles at the moderate level with the highest average scores on authoritarian practice. Their adversity quotient displayed low levels. The relationship between parenting styles and adversity quotients was mild to moderate. Providing authoritative parenting style and increasing adversity quotient to youth at Pattani foster home was recommended for foster home agents.

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