Patterns of parental authority and its relation to self-assertion among adolescents In the Upper Galilee region - Palestine

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  • Sahar Yousef Artoul
  • Thib Mohammed Al Rowad

Keywords:

patterns
parental authority
self-assertion
adolescents

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine Parental Authority Patterns and Relationship with Self-Assurance among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area in light of gender and grade level. The sample of the study consisted of (177) secondary school students selected from public schools at Upper Al-Galilee Area in Palestine in the academic year 2015/2016. To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers used Parental Authority Patterns Scale developed by (Kuhar) and Self-Assurance Scale developed by alfet (2015). Validity and reliability for both scales were established. The results of the study arithmetic mean of the total score for the Parental Authority Patterns Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area showed was (3.2480), with a standard deviation (.51257), and the degree of appreciation is moderate. The study showed that Self-Assurance level among Adolescents was moderate. The Results of the study showed a positive significant correlation between Parental Authority Patterns as a whole and style democratic power on the one hand and the level of Self-Assurance Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area, And no significant correlation between the Authority authoritarian style and the level of Self-Assurance Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area. There were no significant differences in Parental Authority Patterns Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area due to gender and class level. and significant differences in the level of Self-Assurance Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area due to gender, in favor of females. and no significant differences in the level of Self-Assurance Among Adolescents in the Upper Al-Galilee Area due to class level. The study recommended the need for future research examining the Parental Authority Patterns and Relationship with Self-Assurance in other student’s population in the Palestinian society and compare their results with the ones reported in the current study.

Author Biographies

Sahar Yousef Artoul

Amman Arab University, College of Educational Sciences, Department of Educational Psychology, and Psychological and Educational Counseling, Jordan

Thib Mohammed Al Rowad

Associate Professor of Special Education, Amman Arab University, Amman, Jordan

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2017-03-30

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Patterns of parental authority and its relation to self-assertion among adolescents In the Upper Galilee region - Palestine. (2017). Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, 1(1), 268. https://doi.org/10.26389/AJSRP.S260117

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Patterns of parental authority and its relation to self-assertion among adolescents In the Upper Galilee region - Palestine. (2017). Journal of Educational and Psychological Sciences, 1(1), 268. https://doi.org/10.26389/AJSRP.S260117