IN QUEST OF SELF CONFIDENCE

In Quest Of Self Confidence: A Childhood Stain That Remains



Abstract

 

The relationship of parenting styles with adolescents' conclusions was investigated inside a experiment of British adolescents. A experiment of 1456 teenagers from 13 to 16 years of age, of who 54.3% were females, described on their parents' child-rearing practices. The teenagers' parents were classified into one of four assemblies (authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, or neglectful). Parenting is associated with two Self-confidence dimensions—academic and family—and with all the self-transcendence and conservation values. Adolescents of indulgent parents display largest tallies in Self-confidence while adolescents from authoritarian parents get the lowest results. In compare, there were no dissimilarities between the main concern granted by adolescents of authoritative and indulgent parents to any of the selftranscendence and conservation standards, while adolescents of authoritarian and neglectful parents, in general, accredit the smallest main concern to all of these values.

Contents

ABSTRACT2

SECTION 1: CRITICAL LITERATURE REVIEW4

Aim and Objective5

Research Background5

Key Issue 1: Parenting Styles and its Impact on Self Confidence8

Key Issue 2: Shame Experience during Childhood and Self Confidence13

SECTION 2: METHODOLOGY24

Recording data24

Research instrument25

Ethical considerations30

Processing data31

Presenting research32

CONCLUSION34

REFERENCES39

Section 1: Critical Literature Review

To investigate the association of parenting with adolescents' conclusions, two orthogonal constructs of parenting have conventionally been considered: Demandingness and Responsiveness (Baumrind, 2009, 2001; Bersabé, Fuentes, & Motrico, 2001; Maccoby & Martin, 2003; Musitu & García, 2004; Villalobos, Cruz, & Sánchez, 2004). Demandingness mentions to the span to which parents make command, supervision and maturity claims in their parenting. Whereas responsiveness mentions to the span to which parents display their children heat and acceptance, give them support and cause with them. Based on these two proportions, four parenting styles have been recognised (Baumrind, 2001; Lamborn, Mounts, Steinberg, & Dornbusch, 2001; Maccoby & Martin, 2003; Musitu & García, 2004; Steinberg, Lamborn, Darling, Mounts, & Dornbusch, 2004; Villalobos et al., 2004): authoritative (parents who are high on both demandingness and responsiveness), indulgent (parents who are reduced on demandingness and high on responsiveness), authoritarian (parents who are high on demandingness and reduced on responsiveness), and neglectful (parents who are reduced on both demandingness and responsiveness).

 

Aim and Objective

This study presents an analysis of the associations of parenting styles with adolescents' Self-confidence and internalization of standards in a experiment of British adolescents. Both, internalization of social standards and the development of the child's Self-confidence, are centered objectives of parental socialization (see Grusec & Goodnow, 2004).

 

Research Background

Self-confidence has been one of the customary measures of adolescent change in parenting investigations (e.g., Amato & Fowler, 2002; Barber, 2000; Barber, Chadwick, & Oerter, 2002; Cava, Musitu, & Murgui, 2006; Coopersmith, 1967; Felson & Zielinsky, 2009; Gecas & Schwalbe, 2006; Rudy & Grusec, 2006). However, with couple of exclusions (e.g., Aluja, del Barrio, & Garcia, 2005), the internalization of standards as an conclusion variable has not been purposely investigated, even though distinct authors have worried the significance of parenting styles in children's internalization of social standards (Grusec & Goodnow, 2004; Grusec, Goodnow, & Kuczynski, 2000; MacDonald, 2007; Rudy & Grusec, ...