The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Self-Esteem

Session

Psychology

Description

Introduction: One of the aspects of human personality that most contributes to improving life quality and realizing one’s true potential is self-esteem. From an early age, the foundation is laid for the future person—someone who knows what they want and knows how to realize themselves. The first environment where a child experiences the world is their family. Parents play the role of educators, helping the child build their value system. It has been found that the family environment influences the development of certain personality traits, such as self-esteem. Aim of the study: To determine whether there is a relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted in March 2025, with a convenient sample of third-year students (aged 16–17) from the high school “Panče Popovski” in Gostivar. The Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU) scale was used to assess parenting styles, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to measure self-esteem. Statistical analysis of the collected data was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r), to determine if there is a connection between parenting styles and self-esteem. Results and Discussion: The results show that the correlation between the father's rejecting parenting style and self-esteem is negative and significant, as it exceeds the critical value (r (N=45)= -0.31, p< 0.05). Similarly, the correlation between the father's overprotective parenting style and self-esteem is also negative (r (N=45)= -0.33, p< 0.05). From this, we can conclude that there is a negative relationship between the father’s rejecting and overprotective parenting styles and the child’s self-esteem. Conclusion: It can be concluded that a father who does not express positive feelings toward the child, causes guilt, punishes harshly, sets strict rules, imposes high standards, and constantly imposes himself contributes to a lower level of self-esteem in the child.

Keywords:

Parenting styles, emotional warmth style, protective style, favoritism style, rejection style, self-esteem

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-982-41-2

Location

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

25-10-2025 9:00 AM

End Date

26-10-2025 6:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.318

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The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Self-Esteem

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Introduction: One of the aspects of human personality that most contributes to improving life quality and realizing one’s true potential is self-esteem. From an early age, the foundation is laid for the future person—someone who knows what they want and knows how to realize themselves. The first environment where a child experiences the world is their family. Parents play the role of educators, helping the child build their value system. It has been found that the family environment influences the development of certain personality traits, such as self-esteem. Aim of the study: To determine whether there is a relationship between parenting styles and self-esteem. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted in March 2025, with a convenient sample of third-year students (aged 16–17) from the high school “Panče Popovski” in Gostivar. The Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU) scale was used to assess parenting styles, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale was used to measure self-esteem. Statistical analysis of the collected data was performed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r), to determine if there is a connection between parenting styles and self-esteem. Results and Discussion: The results show that the correlation between the father's rejecting parenting style and self-esteem is negative and significant, as it exceeds the critical value (r (N=45)= -0.31, p< 0.05). Similarly, the correlation between the father's overprotective parenting style and self-esteem is also negative (r (N=45)= -0.33, p< 0.05). From this, we can conclude that there is a negative relationship between the father’s rejecting and overprotective parenting styles and the child’s self-esteem. Conclusion: It can be concluded that a father who does not express positive feelings toward the child, causes guilt, punishes harshly, sets strict rules, imposes high standards, and constantly imposes himself contributes to a lower level of self-esteem in the child.