Perceptions of Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Self-Esteem Outcomes in Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Ngige, Lucy
Mbito, Michael
Kieru, Jane
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Publisher
East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya
Abstract
This study examined perceptions of adolescents regarding their parents’
behaviours such as guidance, punitiveness, monitoring and autonomy granting, and their
influence on the development of adolescent self-esteem in Kenya. A standardized
research instrument was used to gather data from a sample of 630 Kenyan high school
students that ranged in age from 15 to 18 years and had a mean age of 16.3 years. The
gender of these participants comprised of 35.7% males and 64.3% females. Standardized
regression coefficients revealed that paternal guidance (ÿ = .204; p< .0001) was a
stronger positive predictor of adolescents’ self-esteem compared to maternal guidance (ÿ
=.164; p < .001). On the contrary maternal punitiveness (ÿ = -184; p<.01) was a stronger
negative predictor of adolescent self-esteem than that of paternal punitiveness (ÿ = -124;
p < .01). However, paternal monitoring (ÿ = 0.87; p> .05) and maternal monitoring (ÿ =
0.61; p> .05) were not significant predictors of Kenyan adolescents’ self-esteem.
Furthermore results revealed that paternal autonomy granting (ÿ = -020; p >.05) was a
negative, but insignificant predictor of Kenyan adolescents’ self-esteem, while the
maternal autonomy granting (ÿ = 0.009; p> .05) had a positive but insignificant effect on
adolescent self-esteem. The findings of this study may be useful for family life educators
and family practitioners as they develop training materials on culturally relevant
determinants of positive adolescent developmental outcomes.
Description
A research article published in EAS Journal of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences
Keywords
Adolescent Development, Self-Esteem, Parenting Practices, Parenting Behaviours, Kenyan Youth Development
Citation
Ngige, L., Mbito, M., & Kieru, J. Perceptions of Parenting Behaviours and Adolescent Self-Esteem Outcomes in Kenya.