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Abstract
Parenting style is the overall emotional climate of the parent-child relationship. The university years of an individual are emotionally and intellectually more demanding than almost any other stage of education. At this stage, an individual faces a lot of pressures and challenges that pose a variety of physical, social and emotional difficulties as a result of changing social and emotional picture of university students. They become more vulnerable for developing mental health problems. Young adulthood appears to be a vulnerable time for developing psychological problems for both college students and non-college attending individuals. Mental health problems are a major public health concern due to their high prevalence rates,and difficulties related to identification and treatment. Depression is a highly prevalent mental disorders.The purpose of the study was to:Assess the relationship between perceived parenting styles, depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts among college students.Subject: A convenience sample of 527 adolescents from the two faculties fulfilling the following inclusion criteria were recruited in the study.
Their age ranged between 18-22 years old,both sexes,first and second year.
Design: A descriptive co-relational design was utilized for this study.
Setting: This study was conducted at two faculties in Menofia
University (Faculty of Nursing and Faculty of Arts).
The following tools were used to fulfill the aims of the study:
Tool (1) structured interview schedule sheet:-
It was developed by the researcher to assess socio-demographic
characteristics of the studied sample.
Tool (2) Parental Authority Questionnaire Buri (1991). It was translated by
the researcher into Arabic. It was used for assessing adolescent’s perception of
parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and was tested
again for its content validity and reliability.
Tool (3) Suicidal Ideation Scale Rudd (1989): it was originally developed by
Rudd (1989). Translated and modified by Mohomod (2009). It was used to
measure suicidal thoughts and was tested again for its content validity and
reliability.
Tool (4) Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQDS-9)
Developed by Spitzer, Williams, and Kroenke (2001) to assess depressive
symptoms, It was translated into Arabic by the researcher and tested for its
validity and reliability.
The main findings of the study revealed the following
1. The mean age of the studied subject was 19.6±0.74.
2. There was no statistically significant between fathers and mothers
regarding parenting styles.
3. The most common parenting style used was the moderate
authoritative style.
4. More than half of the students had mild depressive symptoms, while
the minority had mild suicidal thoughts.
5. There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
authoritative parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts, while there was a positive correlation coefficient between
authoritarian parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts.Tool (2) Parental Authority Questionnaire Buri (1991). It was translated by
the researcher into Arabic. It was used for assessing adolescent’s perception of
parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and was tested
again for its content validity and reliability.
Tool (3) Suicidal Ideation Scale Rudd (1989): it was originally developed by
Rudd (1989). Translated and modified by Mohomod (2009). It was used to
measure suicidal thoughts and was tested again for its content validity and
reliability.
Tool (4) Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQDS-9)
Developed by Spitzer, Williams, and Kroenke (2001) to assess depressive
symptoms, It was translated into Arabic by the researcher and tested for its
validity and reliability.
The main findings of the study revealed the following
1. The mean age of the studied subject was 19.6±0.74.
2. There was no statistically significant between fathers and mothers
regarding parenting styles.
3. The most common parenting style used was the moderate
authoritative style.
4. More than half of the students had mild depressive symptoms, while
the minority had mild suicidal thoughts.
5. There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
authoritative parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts, while there was a positive correlation coefficient between
authoritarian parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts.Tool (2) Parental Authority Questionnaire Buri (1991). It was translated by
the researcher into Arabic. It was used for assessing adolescent’s perception of
parenting styles (authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive) and was tested
again for its content validity and reliability.
Tool (3) Suicidal Ideation Scale Rudd (1989): it was originally developed by
Rudd (1989). Translated and modified by Mohomod (2009). It was used to
measure suicidal thoughts and was tested again for its content validity and
reliability.
Tool (4) Patient Health Questionnaire depression scale (PHQDS-9)
Developed by Spitzer, Williams, and Kroenke (2001) to assess depressive
symptoms, It was translated into Arabic by the researcher and tested for its
validity and reliability.
The main findings of the study revealed the following
1. The mean age of the studied subject was 19.6±0.74.
2. There was no statistically significant between fathers and mothers
regarding parenting styles.
3. The most common parenting style used was the moderate
authoritative style.
4. More than half of the students had mild depressive symptoms, while
the minority had mild suicidal thoughts.
5. There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
authoritative parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts, while there was a positive correlation coefficient between
authoritarian parenting style, depressive symptoms and suicidal
thoughts.There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
authoritarian parenting styles and age of parents.
7. There was a positive significance correlation coefficient between
authoritative parenting style, family income and parent’s educational
level. There was a negative significant correlation between
authoritarian parenting style and family income.
8. There was a significant between authoritative style of (father,
mother) and place of residence. There was a statistically significant
between authoritative style and job of father. There was highly
statistically significant between authoritarian style of (father,
mother) and place of residence.
9. There was a statistically significant relation between permissive
style of father and gender of student.
10.There was a highly statistically significant relation between
authoritarian style of mother and gender of student. There was a
statistically significant between permissive style of mother and
gender of student.
11.There was a statistically significant relation between parent’s history
of chronic illness and students’ level of depressive symptoms. There
was a highly statistically significant between family income and
students’ level of depressive symptoms.
12.There was a statistically significant between (gender, academic
year) and level of depressive symptoms.
13. There was a highly statistically significant relation between college
type and students’ level of depressive symptoms.
14.There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
the academic year and depressive symptoms.15.There was a highly statistically significant relation between number
of siblings and students’ level of depressive symptoms.
16.There was a statistically significant relation between number of
female siblings and students’ level of depressive symptoms.
17. There was a statistically significant relation between (place of
residence, college name, academic year) and students’ suicidal
thoughts.
18.There was a negative significance correlation coefficient between
(age of student, academic year) and suicidal thoughts. There was a
positive correlation coefficient between birth order and suicidal
thoughts.