Parenting styles and externalization problems at youths

• Author: Evis Fili
• Position: European University of Tirana-UET
• Pages: 313-318

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Vol. 2 No. 2

September, 2016

Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Tirana-Albania

ISSN 2410-759X

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Parenting styles and externalization problems at youths

Evis Fili

European University of Tirana-UET

Abstract

Aim: To explore the relationship and impact of parenting style in externalizing problems of

youths. It was hypothesized that there will be relationship between interested variables.

Methods: We used two questionnaires for collecting the data. For the externalization problems,

we used the CBCL 6-18 (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2001), which contains 118 items items rated

0-1-2 (0 = not true (as far as you know); 1 = somewhat or sometimes true; or 2 verytrueoroentrue)

plus 1 open-ended problem items, that describe the behaviour of children and adolescents.

The CBCL scales have been shown to have a consistency of .869

The Relationship Questionnaire (RQ; Bartholomew and Horowitz, 1991) was used to collect

the data regarding the parenting style. The questionnaire consists of four short paragraphs

characterizingthefouraachmentstylesieSecurePreoccupiedDismissingandFearful

The sample included 91 children (55 or 60.4% boys and 36 or 39.6 % girls), with a mean age

of yearsSD  ofthem had arange ageof years oldand of them

hadarangeageofyearsoldThechisquaretestreportedimportantdierences

in the distribution of gender and age representation. There were 91 parents participated in the

studyInthechisquaretesttherewerenotimportantdierencesreportedinthedistribution

ofthepercentagesofparentsgenderbuttherewerefoundstatisticalsignicantdierencesin

their education level. The parents voluntarily completed the questionnaire.

ResultsCorrelationanalysis mostlyindicated lowandnonsignicant relationshipbetween

interested scales, for all children and by gender and age.

Keywords: relationship, youth, parenting style, externalizing problems, parents.

Introduction

Adolescence is a transitional stage of human development, during which the

individual undergoes marked physiological, psychological and social change,

duringwhich therst signs ofdevelopmental problemsmay appearExternalizing

disorders are common disorders in children American Psychiatric Association

2000). The genetic risk for developing these conditions seems to be greater in the

context of impaired parent child relationships Samek et al  Aer illness

onset, externalizing symptoms continue disrupting interpersonal relationships.

Parentscan show controlling and punitive behaviors are oen less responsive to

their children's needs (Hechtman et al., 2004) and can develop psychopathological

symptomsthemselvesShinStein

Thefamilyisasocioculturaleconomicarrangementthatexertssignicantinuence

on childrensbehavior and the development of their characters Baumrind 

Severalstudies supportthat familyfactors thatare mostproximal tothechild ie

factors related to the parent-child interaction) are the most important in fostering

problembehaviorDekovicJanssensvanAsNumerousstudiesshowthat

the parent-child relationship is a continuous process, and although they keep changing