Author: Anam Tariq
Supervisor: Khalid Ghaffar & Farah Malik Ph.D
Degree: MSc
Year: 2012-2014
University: Institute of Applied Psychology, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
The present research investigated the relationship among perceived
parenting styles, hope and subjective well-being in adolescents. It was
hypothesized that authoritative parenting style will be positively
associated with hope and subjective well-being in adolescents. Subjective
well-being in adolescents will be predicted by the authoritative parenting
style, both in fathers and mothers. Moreover, gender differences across
parenting styles, hope and subjective well-being were also expected in the
adolescents. It was a correlational study with cross sectional research
design. The sample consisted of 100 adolescents with age range of 15-18
years, (M = 17.02 and SD = .98) drawn from 4 government colleges in
Lahore. Parenting Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991), Children’s Hope
Scale (Snyder, 1997), Satisfaction with Life Scale and Scale of Positive
and Negative Experience (Diener, 1985; 2010) were used to asses
parenting styles, hope and subjective well-being in adolescents
respectively. Pearson product moment correlation, Hierarchal regression
and independent sample t-test were used for analysis. The results indicated
that authoritative parenting style was significantly positively associated
with hope and subjective well-being while authoritarian and permissive
parenting styles were significantly negatively associated with hope and
subjective well-being except mother permissive parenting style which was
insignificantly related with hope. The results indicated that authoritative
parenting style in mothers and hope were significant predictors of
subjective well-being whereas for fathers none of the parenting styles
predicted subjective well-being in adolescents. Gender differences found
for subjective well-being whereas for parenting styles and hope gender
differences were non-significant. The results of the study highlight the
different parenting styles for fathers and mothers which are discussed in
Pakistani culture context and already exists literature.
Keywords: Parenting Styles, Hope, Well-Being, Subjective Well-Being.
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Corresponding Address: Department of Applied Psychology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: chairperson@appsy.pu.edu.pk, Phone: 92-42-9231245
