Publication: The attitude of parents toward their children and their parenting style
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2005-03
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Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - South La Union Campus
Abstract
This study aimed to find out the attitude of parents and
their parenting style and to find out if there i~ a relationship that
exists between the two variables. The respondents of the study
were 205 parents living at Tococ, Sto. Tomas, La Union.
Frequency counts, percentages, average weighted mean, were
used to analyze, determine and interpret data gathered. The
Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis through the
microstat software was used to determine the relationship
between the variables involved in the study.
Based on the finding a on the respondents' profile, majority
of the parents were on the age ranges 31-35 and 35-40 years
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old, with 39 or 19.02°A,respectively. Most of the respondents
were females with 108 or 52.68% of them. There were 102 or
49.760/0 of the
respondents who have a number of children from 4-6 while 69
or 33.66 percent of them have a monthly family income of Php
2,501-5,000 only. As to their educational attainment, most of
them were college undergraduate with 110 or 53.66%.
The parents at Tococ, Sto. Tomas, La Union, who were the
respondents of the study, imposed democratic parenting style
with an average weighted mean of 2.50 rated as always.
The age, sex, number of children, educational attainment,
and family income were significantly related to the parenting
style used by the respondents, having a computed value of -
.39002, .17266, -.36289, -.22065, -.24960 respectively,
compared to the critical value which is +/ -.11524 at .05 level of
significance.
The attitude of parents towards their children is not
related to the parenting style, with -.06620 as computed value
compared to the tabulated value at a .05 which is +/ -.11524.
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The respondents' attitude towards their children .does not
determine their parenting style they imposed to their children.
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Orine, G. P., & Urgel, C. B. (2005) The attitude of parents toward their children and their parenting style [Unpublished Undergraduate thesis]. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - South La Union Campus, Agoo, La Union.