Parenting an emerging adult in the Philippine context

• Main Authors: Anson, Maria Milagros Carlotta, De Leon, Eugene Andrew Conde, Dionisio, Kevin Andrew Tence, Ongsiako, Regina Isabel Reyes
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/11778
• Institution: De La Salle University

Although it is inferred that there is a distinction among parenting in emerging adulthood and parenting other developmental stages, little work has been done in studying the kind of parenting that is experienced by emerging adults. Past researches have concluded several theories on parenting styles, but it is not to say that these parenting styles are applicable to emerging adults. Therefore, this study investigates the parenting styles of emerging adult parents in the local settings and aim to differentiate these styles from theories pertinent to earlier developmental stages. In conducting research on the given problem, the study aims to explain and describe the often discounted experiences of Filipino parents as they parent their emerging adult offspring through a general qualitative research and design. The study found that Baumrind's parenting styles can still be employed as a basis for describing and defining parenting an emerging adult however, possibly to a different degree or only as a basis. The study also found that there were inconsistencies between the parenting styles of parents and how the child perceives the parenting styles his or her parents us to parent him or her. The implications of these results to the psychology community are that a theory can be defined for parenting an emerging adult, and second, the inconsistencies of perception of parenting styles found can be notable research added for the field of developmental psychology. For future research, it is recommended to have a more diverse sample especially in terms of socio-economic status and the like. It is also recommended to focus more on the cultural aspect of the topic. Lastly, it is recommended for future research to have a greater sample size for more specific and defined general results.