Abstract
The study was carried out to determine the effects of authoritative parenthood on the personality
traits of elementary school children including all the five traits namely agreeableness,
conscientiousness, extraversion, neuroticism and openness. The study is significant as it gives
parents a chance to evaluate their parenting style and comprehend its positive and negative effects
on children’ personality traits. It was an Ex Post Facto study in which data was collected about the
cases of elementary class children in Pakistan. A multistage random sample of 30 elementary
schools, three hundred cases (children and their parents) and 90 teachers was chosen. Two
questionnaires were used in the study; questionnaire A to evaluate the parenting styles of the
parents which was adopted from Robinsons Parenting style questionnaire. It included 5 items on
only authoritative parenting style to evaluate parent’s level of authoritativeness. And questionnaire
B, adopted from the Big Five Inventory questionnaire to assess the personalities of the children. It
included 25 items on all five personality traits. Cronbach’s Alpha value of the total parenting style
questionnaire was 0.95 and Cronbach’s Alpha value of the total personality style tool used in this
study was 0.84. Data was collected by the researchers during parent-teacher meetings and
meetings with teachers in the selected schools. Percentage of frequencies, mean score, standard
deviation, ANOVA statistics and correlation values were calculated using SPSS. Results indicated
highly significant and positive relationship between authoritative parenting style and the four
personality traits i.e. agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness but a significant
and negative relationship with neuroticism. Moreover, a highly significant impact of parenting
authoritativeness level on children personality traits was explored. Therefore, it is recommended
that parents should practice authoritative parenting style to raise strong and healthy individuals
and refrain the negativism in the personality of children.
Nasreen Akhter, Aks-E-Noor, Sabiha Iqbal. (2019) Impact of Parents’ Authoritative Style on Personality Traits of Children: A Case Study of Elementary Class Students in Pakistan, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-29, Issue-2.
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