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Influence of Parenting Style on Life Satisfaction of the Adolescents:A Review


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Life satisfaction is one of the key concepts that positive psychology studies. This article provides a review of the existing literature on the relationship between parenting style and life satisfaction among the adolescents. A parenting style is a psychological construct that incorporates various attitudes, behaviors and approaches used by parents while raising their children. Life satisfaction is an individual's appraisal of life as a whole rather than the feelings that are felt at a given instant. The way parents deal with their children has a major influence on children's perception towards life. The purpose of this review is to understand the impact of parenting styles on adolescents' life satisfaction. Various correlational studies have found that parenting style plays an important role in life satisfaction of the adolescents. Authoritarian parenting style leads to decline in the life satisfaction while authoritative, supportive and permissive parenting style improves the life satisfaction of the adolescents. Indulgent-neglectful parenting also lowers the life satisfaction of the adolescents. Directions for future research have also been discussed.

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Parenting Style, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents.
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Authors

Rakesh Kumar Behmani
Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India
Vijeta Singh
Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India

Abstract


Life satisfaction is one of the key concepts that positive psychology studies. This article provides a review of the existing literature on the relationship between parenting style and life satisfaction among the adolescents. A parenting style is a psychological construct that incorporates various attitudes, behaviors and approaches used by parents while raising their children. Life satisfaction is an individual's appraisal of life as a whole rather than the feelings that are felt at a given instant. The way parents deal with their children has a major influence on children's perception towards life. The purpose of this review is to understand the impact of parenting styles on adolescents' life satisfaction. Various correlational studies have found that parenting style plays an important role in life satisfaction of the adolescents. Authoritarian parenting style leads to decline in the life satisfaction while authoritative, supportive and permissive parenting style improves the life satisfaction of the adolescents. Indulgent-neglectful parenting also lowers the life satisfaction of the adolescents. Directions for future research have also been discussed.

Keywords


Parenting Style, Life Satisfaction, Adolescents.

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