Parental Occupation Relationship with Parental Authority, Introversion, Self-Esteem, Religiosity and Social Anxiety among Youngsters
Abstract
The main objective of this study is to find out whether parental occupation affects parental authority, introversion, self-esteem, religiosity and social anxiety of Youngsters or not. Total of 550 participants were screened out in the initial process out of which400 were selected who fulfilled the selection criteria. Out of 400 students, 50% (N = 200) were male and 50% (N = 200 were female students from different colleges and high schools of Pakistan. Urdu version of The Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS), Self-esteem Scale, Big Five Inventory, Parenting Authority Scale and Religiosity and Spirituality Scale for Youth scale was used to collect data. Result show that there is non-significant difference between father and mother’s occupation (job and business) on social anxiety and self-esteem of youngsters. However, there exist a significant difference between father and mother’s occupation on religiosity of youngsters.
Authors
Muhammad Luqman Khan
Ph. D Scholar, Department of Psychology, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Arooj Sarfraz
Research Scholar, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Sobia Tabassum
Research Scholar, Institute of Southern Punjab, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Introversion, Parental Authority, Religious, Self-esteem, Social Anxiety