Perceived Parenting Styles, Religiosity and Prosocial Behaviors among Young Adults

Abstract

The research study aimed to investigate the relationship between Perceived Parenting styles, Religiosity and Prosocial behavior among young adults. The sample comprises of total n=355 university going students perusing bachelor’s degree between age range of 18-24 among which there were n=178 male students and n=176 female students. Total three instruments were used in the process of data collection via Questionnaires those were Parental Authority Questionnaire PAQ, The Iium Religiosity Scale (IIUMRelS) and Prosocialness scale (Buri 1991; Mahudin et al., 2016; Caprara et al., 2005). The Relationship between perceived parenting styles, religiosity and prosocial behavior was observed. The perceived parenting styles included in the study were (authoritative, authoritarian and permissive). Results indicates significant gender differences in the perceived authoritarian style of father and prosocial behavior with males reporting higher level of authoritarian parenting from father and females reporting higher level of prosocial behavior giving potential insight into gender variations in family dynamic and social behavior. Religiosity served as a significant mediator between perceived parenting styles and prosocial behavior.