The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia

Parenting style is a common topic to study the children’s behaviour. It was indicated that parenting plays an important role in shaping the development of children, such as their self-esteem level. Besides, it was believed that the act of academic dishonesty was associated with the perceived parenti...

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Main Authors: Khoo, Zhi Yin, Soo, Melanie Yu Teng, Ong, Li Ying
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/1/FYP_PY_KZY_2021_3.pdf
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author Khoo, Zhi Yin
Soo, Melanie Yu Teng
Ong, Li Ying
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Soo, Melanie Yu Teng
Ong, Li Ying
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description Parenting style is a common topic to study the children’s behaviour. It was indicated that parenting plays an important role in shaping the development of children, such as their self-esteem level. Besides, it was believed that the act of academic dishonesty was associated with the perceived parenting styles and self-esteem of children. Hence, the present study aims to study the mediation effect of self-esteem between parenting styles and academic dishonesty. A qualitative, cross-sectional, and correlational study was adapted for this research. Primary data was collected through online survey method and a convenience sampling method was used to recruit participants. 283 undergraduates aged between 18 to 24 years old were recruited for the study. Surprisingly, the result demonstrated that there is no significant relationship between parenting styles and academic dishonesty. Besides, results also showed that the relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem was not significant. Mediation effect of self-esteem on parenting styles and academic dishonesty was not found as well. In terms of gender, researchers found that there is a difference in academic dishonesty but not in self-esteem. In a nutshell, the result of this paper was inconsistent with the past studies. Future research can continue to seek understanding on the inconsistency.
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spelling utar-45012022-12-12T07:02:12Z The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia Khoo, Zhi Yin Soo, Melanie Yu Teng Ong, Li Ying H Social Sciences (General) HM Sociology Parenting style is a common topic to study the children’s behaviour. It was indicated that parenting plays an important role in shaping the development of children, such as their self-esteem level. Besides, it was believed that the act of academic dishonesty was associated with the perceived parenting styles and self-esteem of children. Hence, the present study aims to study the mediation effect of self-esteem between parenting styles and academic dishonesty. A qualitative, cross-sectional, and correlational study was adapted for this research. Primary data was collected through online survey method and a convenience sampling method was used to recruit participants. 283 undergraduates aged between 18 to 24 years old were recruited for the study. Surprisingly, the result demonstrated that there is no significant relationship between parenting styles and academic dishonesty. Besides, results also showed that the relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem was not significant. Mediation effect of self-esteem on parenting styles and academic dishonesty was not found as well. In terms of gender, researchers found that there is a difference in academic dishonesty but not in self-esteem. In a nutshell, the result of this paper was inconsistent with the past studies. Future research can continue to seek understanding on the inconsistency. 2021-11-22 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/1/FYP_PY_KZY_2021_3.pdf Khoo, Zhi Yin and Soo, Melanie Yu Teng and Ong, Li Ying (2021) The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HM Sociology
Khoo, Zhi Yin
Soo, Melanie Yu Teng
Ong, Li Ying
The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title_fullStr The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title_short The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in Malaysia
title_sort mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between parenting style and academic dishonesty among undergraduates in malaysia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HM Sociology
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/4501/1/FYP_PY_KZY_2021_3.pdf