Perceived parenting style, social competence and pro-social behavior in young adults
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2020
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
The purpose of our study was to investigate the relationship of parenting style, social
competence and prosocial behavior among adolescents. A sample consisted on (N=159)
adolescents, (n=73 male, n=86 female) combined were taken from state and private universities
for this study. Participants were selected through a random sampling technique. Participants were
asked to complete three questionnaires Parental Perception Questionnaire (PPQ), Perceived
Social Competence Scale (PSCS) and Prosocial Tendencies Measures (PTM). Three steps of
analysis were taken i.e. The first is the descriptive analysis that provides access to the internal
reliability of our scales. Is used. The second is a correlation analysis used to examine the
relationship between demographic variable parental style, social competence and prosocial.
Third, the mediation was analyzed to assess the role of parent-style mediation in social
competence and prosocial behavior.. The correlation showed, Social Competence was also found
to be significantly and positively correlated with prosocial behavior among adolescence. There is
a mediation role of parenting style on social competence and prosocial behavior.