Abstract
Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the self construal development among adolescents in terms of parenting styles. For this purpose the relationships between parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive neglecting, permissive indulgent) and autonomous, related and autonomousrelated self construal were examined.
Method:
The research group consisted of 1133 (610 females, 523 males) students between ages 15-18 years, from low, middle and high socioeconomic status in Ankara. “Autonomous-Related Self in Family Scale” were used to measure self construal of participants and “Child Rearing Styles Scale” were used to measure parenting styles.
Results:
Results of the study showed that authoritarian parents’ adolescent children’s related self construal scores; authoritarian and authoritative parents’ adolescent children’s autonomous-related self construal scores were higher than adolescents’ scores whose parents permissive neglecting and permissive indulgent.
Conclusion:
Findings were discussed in light of the literature on the socialization, parenting and self construals and directions for future research were outlined.
Keywords: Self Construal, Autonomous Self, Related Self, Autonomous-Related Self, Parenting Styles.
