Psychological Well-being and Perceived Parenting Style among Adolescents

Compr Child Adolesc Nurs. 2021 Jun;44(2):134-143. doi: 10.1080/24694193.2020.1743796. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Abstract

The family of an adolescent assists in shaping the adolescent's behavior and psychological well-being throughout life. In order for the adolescents to maintain an identity, they require security and affection from their parents. To assess the psychological well-being, perceived parenting style of adolescents and to determine the relationship between psychological well-being and perceived parenting style among the adolescents, a correlational survey was conducted in five randomly selected schools in Southern India with 554 adolescents studying in 8th grade to 9th grade. A self-administered perceived parenting scale and a standardized Ryff scale for the assessment of psychological well-being were adopted to collect data, which were analyzed using SPSS. Without gender differences, majority (51%) had a high psychological well-being; 49% revealed low psychological well-being. Majority (95.5%) had a purpose in life and positive relation with others. Most (93.2%) of the adolescents perceived their parents as authoritative. A moderately positive relationship was found between psychological well-being and authoritarian and permissive parenting styles and a negative correlation between psychological well-being and neglectful parenting style. The study concluded that parenting styles will have an influence on adolescents' psychological well-being. Among the four parenting styles, authoritative parenting is warm and steady and hence will contribute to the psychological development of adolescents. They also had maintained a positive relation with others and have a purpose in life. Adolescents who perceived their parents as authoritarian had a decreased autonomy and those who perceived their parents as permissive had a diminished personal growth.

Keywords: Adolescents; India; correlational survey; perceived parenting style; psychological well-being; students.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Educational Status
  • Humans
  • Parenting*
  • Parents*
  • Schools
  • Surveys and Questionnaires