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| Published: July 25, 2025
The Impact of Parenting Styles on Young Adults’ Self-Esteem: An Exploratory Study
Student, Integrated (B.A. – M.A.) Clinical Psychology, 9th Semester, Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Assistant Professor III, Rehabilitation Professor, Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
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DIP: 18.01.070.20251303
DOI: 10.25215/1303.070
ABSTRACT
This exploratory study investigated the relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem among 150 young adults (18–25 years) using the PAQ and RSES. Surprisingly, authoritative parenting negatively correlated with self-esteem (r = -0.188, p = 0.021), while authoritarian and permissive styles showed weak, non-significant associations. Notably, high scorers in all parenting styles reported significantly higher self-esteem (p < 0.001). These unexpected results suggest cultural or contextual influences. Limitations include self-reporting and cross-sectional design; future studies should explore causal links using diverse, longitudinal samples.
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self-esteem, parenting styles, authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, young adults, cultural influences
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2025, Ahmad, R. & Ojha, S.T.
Received: May 07, 2025; Revision Received: July 20, 2025; Accepted: July 25, 2025
Ms. Rushda Ahmad @ rushdahmad11@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.070.20251303
10.25215/1303.070
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Published in Volume 13, Issue 3, July-September, 2025