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The relationship between perceived parenting practices and locus of control orientation under the Chinese cultural influences
Author(s)
Date Issued
2015
Publisher
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Shue Yan University
Description
53 pages
Type
Thesis
Programme
Master of Social Sciences in Counselling Psychology
Abstract
A cross-sectional research was conducted to examine the association between perceived
positive parenting practices and locus of control orientation among 90 university undergraduates. Further, it explored the cultural influences in this association and on subjects’ locus of control orientation. This study utilized multiple dimensions to define positive parenting and looked into subjects’ locus of control in different domains such as general luck-fate, politics, respect, academics, and leadership success. This study demonstrated that subjects who possess highly internal control belief perceived their parents exercising democratic parenting, parental reasoning, and parental monitoring. In addition, parental monitoring was found significantly correlated to internal control belief in domains of academic and leadership success while parental reasoning and democratic parenting were found significantly related to internal control belief in academics. No significant cultural influence on locus of control orientation was demonstrated in this study.
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