Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship

Families and parenting have long been a research concern over the decades. However, little research has been conducted on the pattern(s) of parental involvement in the Malaysian context. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of Malaysian young adults? perceived parental involvement o...

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Main Authors: Yeoh, Si Han *, Woo, Pei Jun *
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Language:English
Published: Sunway University College 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/1/Yeoh_S_H_-_final_edit_16_1_2011.pdf
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description Families and parenting have long been a research concern over the decades. However, little research has been conducted on the pattern(s) of parental involvement in the Malaysian context. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of Malaysian young adults? perceived parental involvement on satisfaction of parent-child relationship. A questionnaire survey with Father Involvement Scale, Mother Involvement Scale, and Satisfaction of Parent-Child Relationship Scale was carried out on 100 male and 100 female local university and college students aged 18 to 25 years old. The findings show that father expressive and mentoring?advising involvement, and mother expressive involvement predict a better parent-child relationship. Overall, this study gives us a better understanding on the dimensions of Malaysian?s parental involvement that promotes better parent-child relationship.
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spelling sunway-922019-05-31T04:46:30Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/ Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship Yeoh, Si Han * Woo, Pei Jun * BF Psychology HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Families and parenting have long been a research concern over the decades. However, little research has been conducted on the pattern(s) of parental involvement in the Malaysian context. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of Malaysian young adults? perceived parental involvement on satisfaction of parent-child relationship. A questionnaire survey with Father Involvement Scale, Mother Involvement Scale, and Satisfaction of Parent-Child Relationship Scale was carried out on 100 male and 100 female local university and college students aged 18 to 25 years old. The findings show that father expressive and mentoring?advising involvement, and mother expressive involvement predict a better parent-child relationship. Overall, this study gives us a better understanding on the dimensions of Malaysian?s parental involvement that promotes better parent-child relationship. Sunway University College 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/1/Yeoh_S_H_-_final_edit_16_1_2011.pdf Yeoh, Si Han * and Woo, Pei Jun * (2010) Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship. Sunway Academic Journal, 7. pp. 48-62.
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Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title_full Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title_fullStr Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title_full_unstemmed Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title_short Parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
title_sort parental involvement and its effects on satisfaction of parent-child relationship
topic BF Psychology
HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/
http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/92/1/Yeoh_S_H_-_final_edit_16_1_2011.pdf