An investigation of the relationship between adolescents’ subjective well-being and perceived parental attitudes

2016-03-25T20-21-33Z
Source: Düşünen Adam: The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences
Tuğba Sarı, İsa Özkan.
ABSTRACT Does the subjective well-being of adolescents differ with respect to parental attitudes as theoretical literature explains? Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between parental attitude and subjective well-being among adolescents. Methods: The target population of the study has been composed of the students of secondary schools in Safranbolu District of Karabuk in 2013-2014 school year. Research sample has been formed with 659 students from randomly selected three different secondary schools. "PersonalInformation Form", "Parental Attitude Scale" and "Subjective Well-Being Scales for Adolescents" have been used for data collection. Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis H Test with Bonferroni correction have been used in data analysis. Results: A meaningful difference between parental attitude and subjective well-being level that adolescents have perceived has been found (p>0,05). The level of subjective well-being of adolescents who perceive their parents as democratic and tolerant is higher than the adolescents who perceive their parents as careless and authoritative. Conclusion and discussion: In the light of the foregoing findings, it has been concluded that positive attitude and support of parents enhance the level of subjective well-being of adolescents. The results have been discussed in consideration of findings and related theoretical background and some suggestions for practitioner and educators are given. Key Words: Adolescent, parental attitude, and subjective well-being


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