Liu, Qinghua (2023) The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
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Abstract
This study examined the influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah. The research also examined the relationship between maternal education level and parenting styles. This was a quantitative study that utilized an online questionnaire to collect data. The study employed the method of cluster sampling to select 165 Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang district as the sample. To assess parenting styles, social support and child-parent relationship, the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Supports (MSPSS), and Child-Parent Relationship Scale-Short Form (CPRS-SF) were used, respectively. The collected data were analysed using Pearson’s correlation and multiple regression. The results revealed maternal education was positive related to authoritative parenting style and negative related to authoritarian style. The authoritative style was strongly positively correlated with closeness relationship and moderate negative correlated with conflict relationship. However, the authoritarian style was moderate negative related to closeness relationship and moderate positive related to conflict relationship. On the other hand, social support was weak positively correlated to closeness relationship. The regression analyses indicated that there was no significant influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship. This study provides information for teachers could organize parenting workshop to support parenting styles that’s effects in their learning.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Keyword: | Parenting styles, Maternal education level, Child-parent relationship, Chinese mothers, Preschoolers |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman > HQ1-2044 The Family. Marriage. Women > HQ503-1064 The family. Marriage. Home > HQ755.7-759.92 Parents. Parenthood Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers |
| Department: | FACULTY > Faculty of Psychology and Education |
| Depositing User: | DG MASNIAH AHMAD - |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2024 08:14 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2024 08:14 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40537 |
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