Parenting style, self harm tendencies and psychological wellbeing in university students
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2022
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
Parenting styles and self-harm can have a great impact on an individual’s
psychological well-being. Thus, this research aimed to investigate the relationship
between parenting styles, self-harm tendencies and psychological wellbeing among
university students. Through purposive sampling, 200 (Men = 100, Women = 100)
university students were taken. The Scale of parenting styles (Arrindel et al., 1999),
self-harm tendencies scale (Naeem et al., 2021), and psychological wellbeing Scale
(Diener et al., 1985) were administered to participants. Correlation analysis revealed
that a significant positive relationship was found between rejection parenting styles
with external and internal self-harm tendencies and psychological wellbeing. Positive
relationship was found of emotional warmth and over protection. While significant
negative relationship was found self-harm tendencies and psychological wellbeing. A
non-significant negative relationship parenting styles emotional warmth and
psychological wellbeing.
An independent sample t-test showed that no gender differences existed
between the variables except psychological wellbeing as men scored higher on
psychological wellbeing. This research is helpful in understanding the role of
parenting styles, self-harm tendencies and their effect on psychological wellbeing in
today’s fast paced life.