The Effect of Authoritarian, Authoritative, and Permissive Parenting Styles on Self-Image In Male and Female High School Teens

Mark WildFollow

School Name

Spring Valley High School

Grade Level

11th Grade

Presentation Topic

Psychology

Presentation Type

Non-Mentored

Abstract

In psychology, the three parenting styles are the authoritarian style, in which parents impose rules and expect obedience without discussion, the permissive style, in which parents submit to what their children want, and the authoritative style, in which parents act assertive and responsible but are open to explanation and discussion. These parenting styles can greatly affect child development. Self-image is the view or conception one has of oneself and also has substantial effects on progression of children, especially teens. This experiment was conducted to look into how different parenting styles can influence the development of teens, also incorporating how this relates to gender. It was hypothesized that if the effect of different parenting styles is compared on the self-images of male and female high school students, then it will be found that the authoritative parenting style produces the highest scores on the self-image test, for both males and females. This experiment was completed by sending out a survey that included questions to determined the parenting style of the parents of the participants and a self-image test to receive a score. Groups were made based off of gender and parenting style, and data was analyzed. It was found that the authoritative parenting style led to significantly higher self-image scores and the authoritarian parenting style led to significantly lower self-image scores that the other groups in both males and females. The permissive parenting style showed averages in between these two. This makes the authoritative style ideal to follow in relation to self-image.

Location

Founders Hall 251 B

Start Date

3-30-2019 11:15 AM

Presentation Format

Oral and Written

Group Project

No

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Mar 30th, 11:15 AM

The Effect of Authoritarian, Authoritative, and Permissive Parenting Styles on Self-Image In Male and Female High School Teens

Founders Hall 251 B

In psychology, the three parenting styles are the authoritarian style, in which parents impose rules and expect obedience without discussion, the permissive style, in which parents submit to what their children want, and the authoritative style, in which parents act assertive and responsible but are open to explanation and discussion. These parenting styles can greatly affect child development. Self-image is the view or conception one has of oneself and also has substantial effects on progression of children, especially teens. This experiment was conducted to look into how different parenting styles can influence the development of teens, also incorporating how this relates to gender. It was hypothesized that if the effect of different parenting styles is compared on the self-images of male and female high school students, then it will be found that the authoritative parenting style produces the highest scores on the self-image test, for both males and females. This experiment was completed by sending out a survey that included questions to determined the parenting style of the parents of the participants and a self-image test to receive a score. Groups were made based off of gender and parenting style, and data was analyzed. It was found that the authoritative parenting style led to significantly higher self-image scores and the authoritarian parenting style led to significantly lower self-image scores that the other groups in both males and females. The permissive parenting style showed averages in between these two. This makes the authoritative style ideal to follow in relation to self-image.