Relationship between parenting styles and depression in adolescents

Abstract

This study aimed at examining the relationship between parenting styles and
depression in adolescents. Convenient sampling was used to collect 100
adolescents (Mean age = 15.25 years, Sd = 0.90) from two colleges of Dhaka city,
Bangladesh. Parental Attitude Questionnaire (PAQ) was used to measure
parenting styles and two other self-report measures, Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale (HADS) and Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (SMFQ)
were used to assess depression in adolescents. From multiple regression analysis
significant relationship was found between parenting style and adolescents’
depression measured by one self-rating scale. The overall regression model for
investigating the relationship between parenting style and depression in
adolescent was significant with HADS, (F = 3.77, p = 0.007) but not significant
with SMFQ scores (F = 0.880, p = 0.454). For the dependent variable of depression
measured by HADS, the strongest predictors were authoritative parenting style
(β = –0.28, p = 0.03) and monthly income of the family which is also significant
(β = 0.25, p = 0.01). Implications of the findings for child rearing and research are
discussed.