Personality Traits Moderate Parental Style and Emotional-Behavioral Problems in Adolescence

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of parenting styles on emotional behavioral problems in late adolescents and examine the moderating role of personality traits. The hypotheses of the current study were that there will be a negative effect of parenting styles on emotional behavioral problems in late adolescents, and there will be a moderating role of different personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, negative emotionality and open mindedness) on parenting styles and emotional behavioral problems among late adolescents. The research design used was a cross-sectional survey. The total number of participants were 384 comprising both women and men. Convenient sampling was done and late adolescents from different colleges and universities from Islamabad and Rawalpindi with an age range of 17-22 years participated. Pearson Correlation Coefficient, Regression Analysis, Chi Square Mean, Standard Deviation, Skewness and Kurtosis were used to analyze the results of the research through SPSS. The results of the study were that there is a significant negative effect of parenting style on child’s emotional behavioral problems and there is a moderating role of different personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, negative emotionality and open mindedness) on parenting styles and emotional behavioral problems among late adolescents. This study will assist parents in implementing effective parenting techniques and will reveal the importance of right parenting at appropriate time.