Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Yazarlar: Firdevs Savi

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Behaviour problems,Adolescents,Personality traits,Parenting.

Özet: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between personality traits of parents and parents’ reports of adolescent problems. The samples consisted of 389 adolescences whose ages range from 12–15 years old and their parents. Instruments are used Child Behaviour Check List/4–16 and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire in order to analyze the data, correlation analysis were employed. Independent t-test, MANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient were utilized in analyzing the data collected. As a result of this study, it has been determined that behavioural problems of adolescents reported by their parents significantly vary depending on the gender of such adolescents as well as their parents’ education level. It was found out that there is positive relationship between mothers’ and fathers’ psychoticism and neuroticism levels and parents’ reports of adolescents’ problems. Based on this fact, it has been determined that adolescents were reported to exhibit more behavioural problems as the psychoticism and neuroticism levels of the parents go higher. According to this result, while examining adolescent behavioural problems, one must take into account the personality traits of parents as densely used resources of information and also the adolescent inclination for problematic behaviour and how different information resources might be utilized.  

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