Religious Cultures: Islam and Catholicism on the Parenting styles of Filipino parent

Abstract

This study focuses on determining the parenting style of Islam and Catholic parents aged 40-65 years old with at least one child that is 13-18 years old. It also aims to know whether there is a significant difference when parenting style is grouped according to gender, age and religion. Two groups were selected using stratified random sampling method. The study employs descriptive research design. Shapiro- Wil test, Kruskal- Wallis test, Mann- Whitney and Pairwise Comparison are used to test whether there is a significant difference if parenting style is grouped according to age, gender and religion. The study reveals that the most prevalent parenting style among the parents is Authoritative parenting style regarding of what religion that may be. It also shows that there is a significant difference among parents at the age group of 49 to 55 years old and 56 to 61 years old which indicates that the age group of 56 to 61 years old tends to have high responsiveness to their child’s emotional needs compared to 49 to 55 years old. The study also reveals that parenting style has no significant difference when grouped according to gender and religion which means that parenting style does not depend on the parent’s gender and faith. Both male and female parents can have the same parenting style and both parents from different religions can have similar parenting style.