TY  - THES
TY  - BOOK
T1  - Factors associated with parenting practices among preschoolers' parents in Ampang and Serdang, Selangor, 2016
A1  - Nurul Akma An Nisa’ Ramli.
LA  - English
YR  - 2016
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/560119
AB  - ABSTRACT
Introduction: Parenting practices is an important factor that determines child's behavior. In  the past 40 years, research proves that child's development are affected by parenting Lucas (2010). But it is also important to know that there are factors that associate with the parenting practice because that factors can determine whether the parenting used is good or bad. Objective: To determine the factors associated with parenting practices among preschoolers' parents in Ampang and Serdang, Selangor. Methodology: This was a cross sectional study. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 252 preschoolers' parents from 14 Tabika KEMAS in Ampang and Serdang, Selangor. The data collected were analysed by using SPSS version 21.0. Results: All 4 types parenting practices (emotion, physical, social, religion) used by  preschoolers' parents from 14 Tabika KEMAS in Ampang and Serdang, Selangor. In the other hand, sociodemographic (age) factor, environmental factor (neighbourhood poverty), parenting styles (authoritative), parental knowledge factor (source) and parents' attitude (overprotective, interest in knowledge) were the most common factors affecting their parenting practices. Conclusion: Overall, female and older in age had better parenting practice than male and younger in age. Many factors were found to have significant association with parenting practices (age, environmental factor (neighbourhood poverty), parenting styles (authoritative), parental knowledge (source) and parents' attitude (overprotective, interest in knowledge)) and this showed that parenting practices were indeed associated with many factors.


Keywords: factors associated with parenting practices, preschoolers' parents
NO  - A second year (Package 11) project dissertation.
CN  - FPSK1 2016 5
ER  -