COPING STRATEGIES AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTING STYLES

Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , Pages 69-74

Authors

Rebwar G. Hama 1

1 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

DOI logo 10.17656/jsmc.10398

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Abstract

Background
There is a strong correlation between parenting styles and the outcomes of adults; the most common coping
mechanism was a spiritual connection.
Objectives
The present study aimed mainly at finding out the correlation between parenting styles and coping mechanisms
and also to find out the most used parenting styles and coping mechanisms among the study sample. The study
had a sub-aim of knowing the difference between the parenting styles perceived by the study sample compared
with what has been found in the literature around the globe.
Methods
The study used a convenient sample of Koya University students who lived in the dormitories of the university
campus. The sample comprised 411 students, 191 males and 220 females. For measuring the different styles
of parenting and for measuring the different mechanisms of coping used by the study sample, a coping
questionnaire was used. In addition, T-test and Pearson correlation techniques in Statistical Package for Social
Sciences were also used to analyze the data frequency percentage.
Results
The study results showed a significant correlation between parenting styles and coping mechanisms; the
passivity coping mechanism was positively correlated to the authoritative and permissive mothers’ parenting
styles and positively correlated with the authoritative fathers’ parenting style. The population perceived
the authoritarian parenting style to be the most used parenting style by both mothers and fathers. The most
common coping mechanism among Koya University students was passivity.
Conclusion
The study findings indicated that the most used coping mechanisms by the study sample were passivity coping
mechanisms, and the most common parenting style appraised by the study sample was the authoritarian
parenting style.

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