To study the relationship between Parental authority, personality, self-efficacy and life satisfaction among school-going children

Abstract

Background: Parenting is the state of being a parent. Being a parent, you have to ensure children’s health and safety, transmit cultural values, and preparing children for life as an adult. Baumrind identified three forms of parenting styles: authoritative parenting style is where elders love and discipline the child, authoritarian parenting style is where the elders are strict as well as demanding, and the Permissive parenting style is where elders implement very little rules and permit kids to form their own decisions. Aim: This study aimed to research the relationship and effects of parental authority on personality dimensions, self-efficacy, and satisfaction with life. Methodology: ninety students served as participants for this study and age ranged from 13-17 years and an equal range of boys and girls. The following scales were administered on participants: The Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) by Buri (1991), Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) by Gosling et al. (2003), Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (2013), and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener et al (1985). Results: Although finding unconcealed that the authoritative parenting style was associated with openness to expertise personality dimension.