Parenting Styles on the Perceptions of Youth Offenders and the Family

Abstract

To examine the parenting styles on the perceptions of youth offenders and Thailand to compare the perceptions of the parenting styles between youth offenders and the family.  Design: Descriptive comparative study. Methods: Eighty-six of youth offenders in a district prison, at Chiang Mai Province, and their families were recruited using simple random sampling without replacement. 

This study used a questionnaire for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test. Main findings: The results revealed that authoritative parenting style was perceived most by the youth offenders (79.07%), followed by authoritarian/permissive/uninvolved parenting styles (19.77%). Consistently, the parenting style most reported by the families was authoritative (94.18%), followed by authoritarian/permissive/uninvolved parenting style (3.49%). There was a statistically significant difference between the perceptions of youth offenders and their families towards the parenting styles (p < .05). 

Conclusion and recommendations: The youth offenders and their families had different perceptions towards the parenting styles. The relevant organization should find a strategy and develop a program that helps increase mutual understanding between the youth offenders and their families to strengthen their bonds and family hardiness as well as to prevent recidivism.

Author Rungrudee Wongchom, Kanyaphat Jaraey, Chatchadhaporn Nantakhang and Yaowana Chormuangphan

Methodology Quantitative research   

Journal Nursing Science Journal, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University

Year: 2017 2564

Keywords family, offenders, parenting styles, youth

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