Parents’ personality and parenting styles as correlates of personality development among adolescents in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria
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The study investigated the relationship between parents’ personality, parenting styles and adolescents’ personality development. Specifically, the study was carried out to examine personality of parents, styles parents adopted in the upbringing of adolescents and how these two variables influenced the personality development of adolescents. To guide the study, two hypotheses were formulated. A correlational survey design was adopted for the study. Ten schools were selected and a total of 200 senior secondary school students drawn from 10 secondary schools as well as their parents were used for the study. The sample was achieved using a simple random sampling technique. The respondents thoroughly completed three 20-item questionnaires: The big Five Personality Inventory, Parenting Style Questionnaire and Adolescent Personality Development Questionnaire. The results showed that Parents’ personality significantly influenced adolescent personality development (P < 0.05; r = 0.351) while Parenting styles does not influence adolescent personality development (P > 0.05; r = -.103). These findings imply that the personality of parents influenced adolescents’ behaviour more than the styles parents adopted in their upbringing. It is suggested that parents make conscious efforts in modeling good behaviours in order to help adolescents achieve set goals.
Keywords: Adolescents. Correlate. Parenting style. Parents. Personality.
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