Effective Parenthood as Perceived by Children and Their Relationship with some Self-Management Skills for Sample of University Students

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Home Economics - Specialization in House Management - College of Specific Education Mansoura University

Abstract

The current research aims mainly to detect the nature of the relationship between effective parenthoodas perceived by the children and some self-management skills among university students, The data were met through the application of research tools and of (raw data form, parental actors scale, a measure of self-management skills) on the strength of intentded sample of 200 young men and women in various stages of study of the theoretical and practical faculties at Mansoura University, belonging to the f amilies of different social and economic levels of the countryside and urban areas Dakahlia governorate, and conducting appropriate statistical analyzes to evaluate the results, The research has led to a group of the results, was the most important of which are the existence of statistically significant differences  between average scores of children in self-management skills (Perceived – Self Efficacy) according to gender in favor of females, and in( academic integration) according to each (sex in favor of males, the nature of the study in favor of practical faculties, housing area in favor of urban housing area), While there are no statistically significant differences between average scores of children in parental awareness actors (guidance, participation and support, total score) according to each sex, the nature of the study, the housing area, and the resulted revealed the existence of statistically significant variation between average scores of children in effective parenthood(guidance) and self-management skills (perceived – self Efficacy) according to the size of the family in favor of small size families, as well as in total score of effective parenthood, self-management skills as a whole according to the level of education of the father and the mother in favor of higher level, Also it revealed the existence of statistically significant variation  between the average scores of the children in the self-management skills (total score) according to the monthly income of the family in favor of the children of high-income,While there was no statistically significant variation between the average scores of children in parental awareness of factors (guidance and counseling - participation and support - total score) according to the stage of study for students, Finally there were a positive correlation between each of the effective parenthood as perceived by the children dimensions of (guidance and counseling- Participation and support- total score) and the skills of self-management dimensions of (perceived self- efficacy - academic integration - total score).
In light of the results the researcher proposed a numbers of recommendations that explain how to enhance interest in spreading awareness of proper educational methods in dealing with children, and in ways that develop the children self-management skills at the family and the university level

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