The Relationship between Parenting Styles and Adolescence Aggressive Behavior: The case of Agena Secondary and Preparatory School.

Abstract

The current study investigated aggressive behavior and parenting style of adolescent students in secondary school. 88 students perceptions of parenting styles of their parents used and positive and negative peer pressure they experienced from best friend(s). Questionnaires were used to collect data. Quantitative analyses (both descriptive and inferential statistics) were used to analyze the obtained data. The study shows that, authoritative style is the most dominant type of adolescents‟ perceived home experienced parenting style. Also the studies find show that, there was significant difference in four parenting styles and aggressive behavior. The current study has important implications for parents, schools, government and non-government sectors and practitioners who are concerned about promoting adolescents‟ positive behaviors and discouraging negative behaviors and aggressive behaviors