PARENTING STYLES AND SELF-ESTEEM OF ADOLESCENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

 

Olusolami Okunlola; Abiodun Gesinde; & Adedayo Odukoya

Department of Psychology, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, NIGERIA

 

Abstract

The current paper was an attempt to find out the prevalent style of parenting among the reviewed studies and establish the relationship between parenting styles and adolescents’ self-esteem. A systematic search of PubMed, Science Direct and Google Scholar was conducted to identify studies that met the selection criteria. A total of 2,013 studies were identified out of which only 25 met the selection criteria. The study had a total sample size of 7, 368, with mean age being 15.8 years. With three research questions guiding the study, findings reveal that the authoritative parenting style was prevalent among the studies reviewed. It also established a significantly positive relationship between the authoritative parenting style and self-esteem and a significant inverse relationship between authoritarian parenting style and self-esteem of adolescents. Furthermore, authoritative parenting style was found to have had the greatest impact on adolescent self- esteem; it enhanced the highest self-esteem levels of adolescents above other parenting styles. The study thus recommends parental skills training for parents of adolescents.

Keywords: Parenting styles; self-esteem; adolescence; relationship; systematic review