A Study on Parenting Styles and Personality among Early Adults

The study uses a survey methods approach, with a total of 100 early adults. The instruments used were perceived parenting style scale and Ten item personality inventory. The analysis used were Spearman rank Correlation and Mann-Whitney U test. The results show a strong relationship between parenting practices and important adult personality qualities such as agreeableness, extraversion, conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism. Positive personality outcomes, such as increased levels of social competence and self-esteem, are linked to authoritative parenting. On the other hand, there is a correlation between higher neuroticism and poorer self-worth with authoritarian and inattentive parenting methods. The results revealed gender difference in emotional stability dimension of personality. The study emphasizes how parenting styles have a lasting effect on personality development, highlighting how crucial it is to provide balanced, supportive parenting in order to promote good psychological development. Future research directions, parenting treatments, and psychological theory implications are considered.