Relationship of Parenting Styles with Decision-Making and Self-concept Among Adolescents

Abstract

The current research aimed to examine the relationship of parenting styles with decision-making and self-concept among adolescents (N=400). The sample comprised Multan and Vehari college students and government and private colleges. 200 male and 200 female college students were recruited for the present study. Data were collected through the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1989), the Self-Concept Questionnaire (Robson, 1989), and the Melbourne Decision Making Questionnaire (Mann et al., 1997). Results show that self-concept has a significant negative correlation with authoritarian fathers, authoritarian mothers, permissive fathers, and permissive mothers. In contrast, a significant positive correlation is between authoritative fathers and authoritative mothers. Findings revealed that gender moderates the relationship between authoritarian parenting styles and hypervigilance, as well as procrastination. Moreover, gender also moderates the relationship between authoritarian parenting and self-concept. Studies demonstrate that parenting styles, especially authoritarian parenting styles, play a distinctive role in determining adolescents' adaptive decision-making and firm self-concept.