JI Jing-min, HUANG Ying, WANG Fang. Parenting Styles of Migrant Worker Households and Effects on Children's Self-Confidence[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2016, 33(6): 585-587. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2016.15681
Citation: JI Jing-min, HUANG Ying, WANG Fang. Parenting Styles of Migrant Worker Households and Effects on Children's Self-Confidence[J]. Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 2016, 33(6): 585-587. DOI: 10.13213/j.cnki.jeom.2016.15681

Parenting Styles of Migrant Worker Households and Effects on Children's Self-Confidence

  • Objective To investigate the effects of parenting styles of migrant worker households on their children's selfconfidence.
    Methods A cluster sampling design was used to recruit 465 children aged 3 to 5 years from migrant worker households as the migrant worker group and another 465 children of the same age from Shanghai registered households as the control group. The two groups were matched by age and sex. The Parenting Styles Inventory and the Children's Daily Behavior Confidence Rating Scale were employed.
    Results In parenting styles, the migrant worker group reported higher average scores of permissive (36.90 vs 22.72) (F=8.488, P=0.01) and authoritarian (41.75 vs 25.00) (F=5.809, P < 0.001), but a lower average score of authoritative (54.95 vs 73.43) (F=15.487, P=0.02) than those of the control group. In children's self-confidence, the migrant worker group reported lower average scores of game (75.10 vs 84.37) (F=0.056, P < 0.000 1) and study (72.45 vs 85.04) (F=1.973, P < 0.000 1) than those of the control group, but no difference was found in the average score of labor (66.11 vs 64.84) (F=6.181, P=0.348). Authoritative parenting style was positively associated with game, study, and labor (all Ps < 0.05). By contrast, permissive and authoritarian parenting styles were negatively associated with game, study, and labor (all Ps < 0.05).
    Conclusion The parenting styles of migrant worker households are associated with their children's self-confidence.
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