Mothering as a predictor on filial piety among Malaysian adolescents
Filial piety is an important value based on Confucian philosophy that emphasizes the virtue of respect towards parents and elderlies. As a priceless virtue, the tradition of filial piety has been adopted by many people regardless of the beliefs and ethnicity. Parents particularly mothers’ play an...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2021
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18136/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18136/1/373-2462-1-PB.pdf |
| Summary: | Filial piety is an important value based on Confucian philosophy that emphasizes the virtue
of respect towards parents and elderlies. As a priceless virtue, the tradition of filial piety has
been adopted by many people regardless of the beliefs and ethnicity. Parents particularly
mothers’ play an important role in sowing filial piety to their offspring. Mothers’
involvement in the upbringing of their children influences the degree of filial piety the
children have towards elderlies. In line with that, this study explored the influence of
mothering dimensions (involvement, rejection, structure, chaos, autonomy support, and
coercion) on reciprocal and authoritarian filial piety among Malaysian adolescents. This
study involved 594 secondary school students aged between 13 to 17 years old, selected by
using cluster sampling method from three states of Peninsular Malaysia. A quantitative
method with a self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect the data of the study.
Pearson correlation analysis was performed and the findings of the study specified that all
mothering dimensions significantly correlated with reciprocal filial piety. Conversely, only
three mothering dimensions were associated with authoritarian filial piety. Multiple
regression analyses were conducted to examine the influence of mothering on reciprocal and
authoritarian filial piety. Findings indicated that involvement and autonomy support predicted
reciprocal filial piety. Moreover, involvement was found to have a significant impact on
authoritarian filial piety. This study suggests that mothers’ care and involvement are vital in
enhancing filial piety among youngsters. |
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