Parenting Styles as a Predictor of the Preschool Children’s Social Behaviours

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 18 - 37, 01.12.2018

Neslihan Durmuşoğlu Saltalı Hatice Merve İmir

https://doi.org/10.17275/per.18.10.5.2

Cited By: 5

Abstract

The
aim of this study is to investigate relationship between children’s social
behaviors and parenting styles. Specifically, the study examines children’s
aggressive, prosocial and socially inhibited behaviors in association with
parenting dimensions namely warmth, inductive-reasoning, obedience-demanding
and punitive. In addition to this, children’s social behaviors and parenting
styles are examined in relation to children’s gender. The research was
conducted on 60-72 month-old 276 children attending preschools in Konya,
Turkey. In order to assess parenting styles, the Child Rearing Questionnaire
developed by Sanson et al. and adapted by Altan was used. This questionnaire
has four subscales, namely inductive reasoning, punishment, obedience demanding
behavior and warmth. The questionnaire was completed by mothers. In order to
assess child social behaviors, the Teacher Assessment of Social Behavior Scale
developed by Cassidy and Asher and adapted by Seven was applied. This scale was
completed by the teachers. According to the study results, children’s social
behavior (aggressive, prosocial and shy/withdrawn) can be predicted
significantly by parents inductive reasoning, warmth and punitive styles toward
children. In addition to this, boys’ aggression scores are found to be
significantly higher than girls and girls shyness scores are found to be
significantly higher than boys. 

Keywords

Parenting styles, preschooler, children’s social behavior

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