Influence of parenting style to neuroticism among college freshmen amidst pandemic

Ma Ashley A. Grajo, Kahla Mae A. Malveda & Portia R. Marasigan

Volume 2 Issue 2, June 2022

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of changes, including the shift of academic setup from face-to-face to remote learning where home became the place of their study and students spend most of their time with their parents and guardians. Thus, parents play a big role in students’ emotional status during the remote learning. This study determined the relationship between the three different parenting styles, and the level of the neuroticism of select college students during the pandemic. The study used descriptive-correlational design with 70 freshmen students as participants selected through stratified sampling technique. The research instrument used Perceived Parenting Style Scale, to measure the parenting style, and Eysenck’s Personality Inventory, to measure the level of neuroticism. The findings of the study showed that students mostly have experienced an authoritative parenting style. Henceforth, the majority of them have a high level of neuroticism. Moreover, authoritarian and permissive parenting styles influence the level of neuroticism of the respondents; both have positive correlation with the level of neuroticism. This study concludes that parenting style can influence the level of neuroticism of the students. This implies that children of parents with high demands but gets low response and parents with low demands but gets high response are likely to develop unstable emotions.

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Grajo, M.A., Malveda, K.A. & Marasigan, P.A. (2022). Influence of parenting style to neuroticism among college freshmen amidst pandemic. International Review of Social Sciences Research, 2(2), 46-63. https://doi.org/10.53378/352891