The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah

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 utili...

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Main Author: Liu, Qinghua
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spelling my-ums-ep.405372024-09-27T00:14:06Z The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah 2023 Liu, Qinghua HQ755.7-759.92 Parents. Parenthood Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers 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. 2023 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40537/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40537/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/40537/2/FULLTEXT.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Faculty of Psychology and Education
institution Universiti Malaysia Sabah
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topic HQ755.7-759.92 Parents
Parenthood Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers
spellingShingle HQ755.7-759.92 Parents
Parenthood Including parent and child, husbands, fathers, wives, mothers
Liu, Qinghua
The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
description 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.
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title The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
title_short The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
title_full The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
title_fullStr The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed The influence of parenting styles and social support on child-parent relationship among Chinese mothers of preschoolers in Penampang, Sabah
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