Paternal parenting styles, self-efficacy and antisocial behaviour among adolescents of Geidam Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria
Antisocial behaviour has always been one of the basic problems in many societies. Despite the fact that huge amount of budget has been spend by government on correctional institutions to ensure that this issue should be insignificant, yet the case of antisocial behaviours is still thriving. Moreo...
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| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70421/1/FEM%202017%2014%20-%20IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | Antisocial behaviour has always been one of the basic problems in many societies.
Despite the fact that huge amount of budget has been spend by government on
correctional institutions to ensure that this issue should be insignificant, yet the case
of antisocial behaviours is still thriving. Moreover, the research on the relationship
between parenting styles and antisocial behaviours has received a negligible
consideration, particularly in Nigeria.Hence, this study is imperative which intended
to determine the relationships between paternal parenting styles, self-efficacy and
antisocial behaviours among adolescents. The study was carried out in Geidam
Metropolis area of Yobe State, Nigeria.
The study was a cross-sectional, employed quantitative approach and using survey and
correlational research designs. The respondents of the study comprised of 339 students
(male and female, aged 15-18 years old) from two secondary schools. The selection
of respondents used stratified sampling and simple random sampling techniques. The
instruments for data gathering comprises of Parental Authority Questionnaire, General
Self-efficacy and Youth Self-Repot. Meanwhile, this study used descriptive and
inferential statistical analyses (t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s Correlation, Multiple Linear
Regression and Bootstrapping).
The descriptive findings showed that, all the levels of the variables were at the
moderate levels. Meanwhile, the study indicated that males demonstrated high
antisocial behaviours compared to the females. Moreover, the finding revealed that
respondents whom their parents did not acquired formal education have higher level
of antisocial behaviours compared to those whose parents have formal education. The
results of the correlation analysis indicated that, paternal authoritarian and permissive
parenting styles have significant positive relationships with antisocial behaviours;
however, paternal authoritative parenting style and self-efficacy have significant negative relationships with antisocial behaviours. Meanwhile, multiple linear
regression analysis showed that, independent variables have contributed significantly
on antisocial behaviours. Also, the results of bootstrapping analysis revealed that selfefficacy
mediated the relationships between paternal parenting styles and antisocial
behaviours. The findings of this study highlighted on the important role of the paternal
authoritative parenting style in nurturing their adolescents in order to instil a high selfefficacy
which hopefully could lead to low antisocial behaviour. |
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