Parenting Styles: Interaction with Hyperactivity

Florim Gallopeni, Albulena Lecaj and Blerton Jakupi
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Florim Gallopeni: Heimerer College Autonoma University of BarcelonaSpain

Humanities Today: Proceedings Articles, 2023, vol. 2

Abstract: Hyperactivity is a mental health disorder that causes drastic fluctuation level of concentration and hyperactivity (Snyder, 2006). People with hyperactivity have difficulty concentrating, sitting position, in dedicating attention, stay organized, following instructions, memorizing the details and management of impulsiveness (Smith, 2016). Participants were from primary school students in Kosovo, N=200 Children age 9-11 and N=200 parents, they completed the following instruments, PSDQ questionnaire; (Robinson, Mandleco, Olsen, - Hart, 2001) this instruments was for measuring parenting styles, and Children behavioral checklist version for parents (Achenbach and Rescorla, 2007). The results shown that hyperactivity of children was positively correlated with authoritarian and tolerant parenting styles. In the survey results show that 74.0 percent of children participate in extra-curricular activities, and 26.0 percent did not participate in extra-curricular activities.Regression analysis explain 32 percent of variance for hyperactivity factor as a depended variable predicted by Gender and authoritarian parenting style. Also male has higher mean of hyperactivity than female and results was significantly different with p=.030* Conclusion is that parents who set strict rules authoritarian parents and tolerant parents can have a hyperactive children. Usually there is no need for special treatment for parents, already they have to be empathic with their children, collaboration with peers, relatives and parent-child cooperation which will give positive effect.

Keywords: Hyperactivity; parenting styles; Kosovo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.26417/ejser.v10i2.p149-152

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