Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate relationship between children’s social behaviors and parenting styles. Specifically, the study examines children’s aggressive, prosocial and socially inhibited behaviors in association with parenting dimensions namely warmth, inductive-reasoning, obedience-demanding and punitive. In addition to this, children’s social behaviors and parenting styles are examined in relation to children’s gender. The research was conducted on 60-72 month-old 276 children attending preschools in Konya, Turkey. In order to assess parenting styles, the Child Rearing Questionnaire developed by Sanson et al. and adapted by Altan was used. This questionnaire has four subscales, namely inductive reasoning, punishment, obedience demanding behavior and warmth. The questionnaire was completed by mothers. In order to assess child social behaviors, the Teacher Assessment of Social Behavior Scale developed by Cassidy and Asher and adapted by Seven was applied. This scale was completed by the teachers. According to the study results, children’s social behavior (aggressive, prosocial and shy/withdrawn) can be predicted significantly by parents inductive reasoning, warmth and punitive styles toward children. In addition to this, boys’ aggression scores are found to be significantly higher than girls and girls shyness scores are found to be significantly higher than boys.

Highlights

  • Childhood is regarded as a critical period in human life because experiences during first years of life have long-lasting effect on people

  • Several researches imply that positive parenting attitudes like warmth, positive engagement and affection result in positive child outcomes like better adjustment and socialization (Caspi et al, 2004; Smith, Landry, & Swank, 2000)

  • Results show that punitive parenting styles are positively correlated with children’s aggressive behaviors and these behaviors can be predicted by warmth and punitive parenting styles

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Introduction

Childhood is regarded as a critical period in human life because experiences during first years of life have long-lasting effect on people. For this reason, offered opportunities and suffered vulnerabilities during early childhood is very important. Opportunities and vulnerabilities with respect to social development in birth to six years of age cannot be examined in isolation; because knowledge about socialization factors is required (Westerberg, 2011). Participatory Educational Research (PER), 5(2); December, 2018 contributors to children’s social development. Among these factors, parenting is especially important in children’s social development because the way parents care children can influence children’s “social functioning” critically and permanently. That’s why, previous researches imply relationship between parenting styles and children’s social skills (Bornstein & Bornstein, 2007; Purple, 2005)

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