The Prediction of social self-concept through parenting styles as perceived by students of second basic education in the Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

This study aimed to predict social self-concept through parenting styles as perceived by students in grades (6-10) of the basic education in the Sultanate of Oman. The sample included 509 students randomly selected from different school districts. The participants responded to the social selfconcept questionnaire and the parenting authority questionnaire. The results indicated that the sample had high levels of social self-concept and parenting styles, except for the permissive style of father and mother. The authoritative style emerged as the most recognizable style among the students. Statistically significant gender differences were found in the level of the social selfconcept in favor of females, and in the parenting styles in favor of males. In addition, there were no statistically significant differences in both variables based on students’ school grades. Multiple Regression analyses revealed that the social self-concept could be significantly predicted by two parenting styles (father authoritative style, mother authoritative style) after controlling for sex effect.