This study was designed to examine “The Influence of Parental Behaviour on Adolescent’s Emotional Development in the Bamenda II Sub-Division of the North West Region of Cameroon”. The main research objective of the study was to investigate the influence of parental behaviour on adolescent’s emotional development. From this research objective emerged three specific objectives. The research objectives were then transformed to research questions and hypothesis. A cross sectional survey research design was used. Questionnaire and an interview guide were used for the collection of data and a purposive and simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. A sample of 150 students was selected and administered the questionnaires while 20 parents were interviewed for the study. Data was analysed quantitatively and qualitatively and descriptive (frequency counts, percentages) and inferential statistics (Chi-Square) were used to analyze the quantitative data while qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis. Spearman rho test was used to establish the relationship parental behavior and adolescent’s emotional development. The study revealed that, there is a relationship between secure parental attachment and the development of love in adolescents with spearman’s rho r=0.183 (P=0.025), that dictatorian parenting affects the development of anger in adolescents (with spearman’s rho r=0.184 (P=0.024). It also revealed that parental modeling had an effect on the development of fear in adolescent with spearman’s rho r=0.230 (P=0.005). The findings therefore indicate that, parental behaviour influences adolescent’s emotional development. In order to improve on positive parental behaviour, it was recommended that parents should use appropriate child- rearing practices like secure attachment, authoritative, democratic parenting style, and positive modeling styles as these reduce fear and anger development in children and fasten the ability to form future harmonious relationships.
Parental behaviour, Adolescent’s, Emotional development, parental attachment, parenting style and parental modeling
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