Abstract:
This study exammes the relationship of parenting behaviors on adolescent outcomes.
1 Parenting behaviors were categorized in to four categories based on parental monitoring
and parental acceptance dimensions. These were authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent
.
and neglectful parenting behaviors. Adolescent outcomes considered were adolescent
academic achievement and adolescent substance use. A sample of 300 students of grades
9 and
10 from three general secondary high schools in Bahir Dar town were examined in
these three variables.
Pearson product moment correlation analysis revealed that there are significant
relationships among parenting styles, adolescent academic achievement and substance
use. The multiple regression analysis showed that parental control significantly predicted
adolescent substance use.
In addition, the two way analysis revealed that the difference
on academic achievement and substance use is predicted
as a function of parenting styles.
There is also statistically significant difference on adolescents' academic achievement
and substance use as a function
of four parenting styles.
