15 Pages Posted: 20 Sep 2014
Date Written: September 18, 2014
Abstract
This study investigated the influence of authoritarian, authoritative and permissive styles of Parenting on the Moral Reasoning of Adolescents in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. It was hypothesized in the study that, parenting styles will significantly predict Moral Reasoning of Adolescents. A total of 200 Adolescents were drawn by a systematic random sampling technique from 10 secondary schools in Ado Ekiti while the stratified random sampling technique was used to select classes of adolescent in the study.
The Defining Issues Test (DIT) developed by Rest (1979) was used to measure Moral Reasoning while the Parental Care Scale (PCS) developed by Baumrind (1979) was used in measuring Parenting Style. Data were analyzed using the Regression Analysis. Results indicated that there was no relationship between Parenting Styles and Moral Reasoning R (198) .088>0.05).
The study recommends amongst other things that parents especially mothers should create time to be more involved in the affairs of their adolescents while the government should review and reduce the working hours of the women workers.
Keywords: Parenting, Styles, Moral Reasoning and Adolescence
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The study examined parents' role in their children's moral reasoning development. Parents' level of moral reasoning and interaction styles used in discussion of moral issues with their child were used to predict the child's moral development over a subsequent 2-year interval. Participants were 63 family triads (mother, father, and child) with children drawn from grades 1, 4, 7, and 10. They individually responded to a moral reasoning interview and then, as a family, discussed both a hypothetical and real-life moral dilemma. Children were reinterviewed 2 years later. Results indicated that parents did accommodate to their child's level of moral reasoning when in actual dialogue. Distinct differences in interaction styles were found between the 2 contexts (hypothetical vs. real-life dilemma discussion) and between parents and children. Children's moral development was best predicted by a parental discussion style that involved Socratic questioning and supportive interactions, combined with the presentation of higher-level moral reasoning. Implications of these findings for the understanding of parents' role in children's moral development are discussed.
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