Influence of Parenting Styles on the Moral Reasoning of Adolescents in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
15 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2014
Date Written: September 18, 2014
Abstract
This study investigated the influence of authoritarian, authoritative and permissive styles of Parenting on the Moral Reasoning of Adolescents in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. It was hypothesized in the study that, parenting styles will significantly predict Moral Reasoning of Adolescents. A total of 200 Adolescents were drawn by a systematic random sampling technique from 10 secondary schools in Ado Ekiti while the stratified random sampling technique was used to select classes of adolescent in the study.
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) developed by Rest (1979) was used to measure Moral Reasoning while the Parental Care Scale (PCS) developed by Baumrind (1979) was used in measuring Parenting Style. Data were analyzed using the Regression Analysis. Results indicated that there was no relationship between Parenting Styles and Moral Reasoning R (198) .088>0.05).
The study recommends amongst other things that parents especially mothers should create time to be more involved in the affairs of their adolescents while the government should review and reduce the working hours of the women workers.
Keywords: Parenting, Styles, Moral Reasoning and Adolescence
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