Parenting Style Influence On Attention Seeking Behavior In Adults And Adolescents: Shaping Lives

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of styles of parenting on attention seeking among youth in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The sample comprised 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.