Perceived parenting styles, perceived social support and relational aggression in adolescents
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2017
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University of Management and Technology
Abstract
The present study examined the relationship among perceived parenting styles, perceived social support and relational aggression. A sample (N=400) selected through stratified sampling from public and private schools and colleges of Lahore. Adolescents (n=200 boys and n=200 girls) of mean age (M=15.69, SD=1.71) completed (a) Demographic Performa, (b) Early Memories of Upbringing for Children (EMBU-C) to measure perceived parenting styles, (c) Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) to measure perceived social support, and (d) Diverse Adolescent Relational Aggression Scale (DARAS) to measure relational aggression. PROCESS Moderation Analysis showed that social support moderated the relationship between parenting styles and relational aggression. Findings indicated that perceived social support is strengthening the negative relationship between perceived father's Overprotection parenting and relational aggression. Results also showed the strengthening of the positive relationship between perceived father's Anxious Rearing parenting and relational aggression. Moreover, perceived social support strengthens the positive relationship between perceived mother's Rejection parenting and relational aggression. Results help in implementing interventions to promote the consolidation or increment of sources that constitutes an adolescent with concrete and feasible actions in the cultural, educational and counseling implications.
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Supervised by: Dr. Zahid Mahmood
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Adolescents, Social support, Relational aggression, MS thesis