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| Parenting Styles And Effortful Control As Predictors Of Mental Health Among Secondary School Adolescents In Akinyele Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria |
Oyarekua Tosin Ananomo & Sabboh Godwin Matthew
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Abstract:
Adolescents who are victims of circumstances stand the risk of being exposed to experiences that could negatively affect their mental health thereby robbing them of the opportunity of a healthy mental development in childhood and a healthy mental status in adulthood. The study examined the influence of parenting styles and effortful control on mental health of secondary school adolescents in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo state. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. Two hundred adolescents were selected from four selected schools through the simple random sampling technique. Their ages ranged between 11 and 19 years with mean of 2.1. Three research questions were answered using Multiple Regression Analysis and Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical methods. A structured questionnaire consisting of demographic section, and standardized scales on parenting styles, effortful control and mental health was used to collect data. The findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between parenting styles mental health (r =0.264, p<0.05) and effortful control (r =0.227 p<0.05). The two independent variables jointly accounted for 32.1% variance in predicting mental health of the secondary school adolescents. The independent variables made positive relative contribution to mental health in the following order: effortful control (?= .212, t = 3.058; p< 0.05, parenting styles (?= .178, t = 2.513; p< 0.05). It was recommended that parents should listen to their children when they are talking and also spend time with them because children need their parents on some important issue most especially those that are pertaining to their health. Also, schools should establish youth-friendly health services in regarding young people's health.
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