Parenting Style PARENTING STYLE INFLUENCE ON ATTENTION SEEKING BEHAVIOR IN ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS: SHAPING LIVES

SADAF IQBAL; Waseem Ahmad; Aurangzeb Zeb

doi:10.54692/ajss.2024.822161

SADAF IQBAL UNI. OF PESHAWAR, KOHAT UNI. OF SCI. AND TECH.
Waseem Ahmad Department of Psychology, Islamia College Peshawar
Aurangzeb Zeb Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/ajss.2024.822161

Keywords: Personaity development, Parenting style, Attention seeking

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate effects of styles of parenting on attention seeking among youth in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sample comprised of two age groups i.e adolescents and adults (N=500; 250 adolescents, 250 adults) their age ranges from 13-30 years. The findings of the study showed that there is negative correlation between authoritative parenting styles and attention seeking (-.24); while there is positive correlation between authoritarian (.18) and permissive parenting style (.11) with attention seeking. However adults score high on attention seeking (M=51.5, SD=12.7) as compare to adolescents (M= 50.4, SD= 12.6).

Moreover there is also differences depicts among variables between male and females as well as adolescents and adults.