Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator

The present study examined the moderating role of family income on the relationships between perceived paternal parenting behavior and adolescents’ anxiety among economically and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents. A total of 1,200 participants aged between 12 and 17 years were selected for th...

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Main Authors: Jafari, Mahboubeh, Baharudin, Rozumah, Archer, Marc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sage Publications 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29237/
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author Jafari, Mahboubeh
Baharudin, Rozumah
Archer, Marc
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description The present study examined the moderating role of family income on the relationships between perceived paternal parenting behavior and adolescents’ anxiety among economically and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents. A total of 1,200 participants aged between 12 and 17 years were selected for the study. A self-administered questionnaire, including Quality of Parenting Behavior Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory–Malay were used to collect the data. The results obtained indicate that there was a significant relationship between paternal hostility (β = .34, p < .001) and paternal monitoring (β = −.29, p < .01) with adolescents’ anxiety. A multigroup analysis using structural equation modeling also demonstrated that family income level moderated the relationship between parenting and adolescent outcomes. The findings revealed that paternal consistent discipline and paternal monitoring behavior reduced adolescent anxiety in high-income families. Finding advanced understanding on how the associations between fathers’ parenting behaviors and adolescent anxiety could be quite varied when family’s financial circumstances were taken into account.
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spelling upm-292372016-06-20T08:07:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29237/ Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator Jafari, Mahboubeh Baharudin, Rozumah Archer, Marc The present study examined the moderating role of family income on the relationships between perceived paternal parenting behavior and adolescents’ anxiety among economically and ethnically diverse sample of adolescents. A total of 1,200 participants aged between 12 and 17 years were selected for the study. A self-administered questionnaire, including Quality of Parenting Behavior Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory–Malay were used to collect the data. The results obtained indicate that there was a significant relationship between paternal hostility (β = .34, p < .001) and paternal monitoring (β = −.29, p < .01) with adolescents’ anxiety. A multigroup analysis using structural equation modeling also demonstrated that family income level moderated the relationship between parenting and adolescent outcomes. The findings revealed that paternal consistent discipline and paternal monitoring behavior reduced adolescent anxiety in high-income families. Finding advanced understanding on how the associations between fathers’ parenting behaviors and adolescent anxiety could be quite varied when family’s financial circumstances were taken into account. Sage Publications 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29237/1/Fathers%27%20parenting%20behaviors%20and%20Malaysian%20adolescents%27%20anxiety%20family%20income%20as%20a%20moderator.pdf Jafari, Mahboubeh and Baharudin, Rozumah and Archer, Marc (2016) Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator. Journal of Family Issues, 37 (2). pp. 198-220. ISSN 0192-513X; ESSN: 1552-5481 http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/37/2/198 10.1177/0192513X13513580
spellingShingle Jafari, Mahboubeh
Baharudin, Rozumah
Archer, Marc
Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title_full Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title_fullStr Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title_full_unstemmed Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title_short Fathers' parenting behaviors and Malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
title_sort fathers' parenting behaviors and malaysian adolescents' anxiety: family income as a moderator
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