Perceived Parenting and Its Relationship with Emotional Independence

Abstract

The current research aims to identify perceived parenting and emotional independence, as well as the statistically significant differences in perceived parenting and emotional autonomy based on the variables of gender (males and females) and field of study (scientific and literary). It also examines the correlational relationship between perceived parenting and emotional independence among students. The sample size consisted of 500 male and female students from preparatory schools in the city of Diwaniya, selected using a stratified random sampling method. The researcher used the Baumrind (1991) scale for perceived parenting and the Parra et al. (2015) scale for emotional independence. After statistically analyzing the data using SPSS software and employing statistical methods (one-sample t-test, independent two-sample t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient), the research reached the following results:

Students are characterized by perceived parenting, but they do not possess emotional independence. There are statistically significant differences in perceived parenting based on the variables of gender (males and females), favoring males, and field of study (scientific and literary), favoring the literary field. There are no differences in emotional independence based on gender (males and females), but there are differences based on the field of study (scientific and literary), also favoring the literary field. Additionally, there is a correlational relationship between perceived parenting and emotional independence among preparatory school students in the city of Diwaniya. In light of these results, several recommendations and proposals were made.