In the master's thesis, we investigated the connection between parenting styles in childhood and risky behavior, sociosexual orientation, and values in young adulthood. We further divided risky behavior into risky behavior in general and risky sexual behavior. In the theoretical part, we presented the theoretical starting points and findings of previous research on the aforementioned dimensions. In the empirical part that followed, we presented quantitative research.
164 participants between the ages of 20 and 30 took part in the research, of which 123 (75%) were women and 41 (25%) were men. The research was conducted via the web portal 1ka Arnes. For the purposes of the research, we used a combination of five questionnaires in the following order: the Parenting Scenario Scale (PSS), the Short Impulsive Behavior Scale (SUPPS-P), the Sexual Risk Behavior Scale (SRBS), the Revised Sociosexual Orientation Inventory (SOI-R) and the Musek’s Scale of Values (MLV). Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics program.
The results showed that some dimensions of risky behavior are statistically significantly positively related to neglectful and authoritarian parenting styles. One of the dimensions of sociosexual orientation is also positively associated with a neglectful parenting style in childhood. We obtained a statistically significant negative relationship between authoritative style and lack of persistence. There were no associations between authoritative style and dimensions of sociosexual orientation. The connections between parenting styles and value types were also different from what we had initially assumed. An authoritarian parenting style was found to be statistically significantly associated with a lower evaluation of hedonic values. The permissive parenting style showed a statistically significant association with a higher appreciation of potency values. A lower evaluation of hedonic and moral values was statistically significantly associated with a neglectful parenting style, and a higher evaluation of moral values was statistically significantly associated with an authoritative parenting style. The obtained results, despite the fact that they cannot be generalized to the entire population, bring important insight into the topic and possibilities for further research.
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