Perceptions of Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Self-Esteem Outcomes in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNgige, Lucy
dc.contributor.authorMbito, Michael
dc.contributor.authorKieru, Jane
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-21T08:04:52Z
dc.date.available2020-09-21T08:04:52Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research article published in EAS Journal of Psychology and Behavioural Sciencesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgige, L., Mbito, M., & Kieru, J. Perceptions of Parenting Behaviours and Adolescent Self-Esteem Outcomes in Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2663-6751
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20399
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEast African Scholars Publisher, Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectAdolescent Developmenten_US
dc.subjectSelf-Esteemen_US
dc.subjectParenting Practicesen_US
dc.subjectParenting Behavioursen_US
dc.subjectKenyan Youth Developmenten_US
dc.titlePerceptions of Parenting Behaviors and Adolescent Self-Esteem Outcomes in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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