期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：6
页码：865-873
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i6/10217
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Adolescents are one of the largest groups that suffered from mental health problems in Malaysia. Since parents and school are vital figures in the development of adolescents, this study aimed to determine the relationship between parenting styles and school connectedness with mental health among adolescents in Selangor. The School Connectedness Scale (Jose, Ryan & Pryor, 2012), Parenting Style Scale (Gafoor & Kurukkan, 2014) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) (Tennant et al., 2007) were employed to assess the research variables. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 476 adolescents adopting a cluster random sampling method. The study revealed that responsive parenting style, control parenting style and school connectedness are positively correlated to mental health. However, the mental health level appeared to show no difference between male and female adolescents. The study findings also indicated that school connectedness is the strongest predictor in determining the mental health of adolescents. In sum, adolescents with a high level of perceived control parenting style and school connectedness were likely to have better mental health state. This study assists in dispensing a deeper understanding of contributing factors (i.e. parenting styles and school connectedness) as a vital role in the developmental process of adolescents’ mental health.
