Los estilos de crianza asociados en la autoestima de los estudiantes de 8vo, 9no y 10mo de básica de la Escuela de Educación Básica “Ulises Chacón”, en el periodo octubre 2020- marzo 2021

Abstract

The present study determined the relationship between parenting styles and the self-esteem of the 8th, 9th and 10th grade students of the “Ulises Chacón” Basic Education School, in the period October 2020- March 2021. The research is descriptive approach, quantitative-correlational. For data collection, the Lucy Reidl Self-esteem scale and the “Parenting practices questionnaire” questionnaire were applied Robinson and Cols. (1995) Version modified by Gaxiola, Frías & otros (2006), to a sample of 459 people, made up of 230 students and 229 parents. Subsequently, the data interpretation and analysis was carried out through the SPSS version 25 statistical program. The results yielded the following data: 215 parents exercise the democratic parenting style equivalent to 93.89%, 9 parents exercise the parenting style authoritarian equivalent to 3.9% and 5 parents exercise the permissive parenting style equivalent to 2.1%. On the other hand, the results of the self-esteem level in the students are: 12 students equivalent to 5.22% present low self-esteem, 70 students equivalent to 30% present low average self-esteem, 123 students equivalent to 53.48% present high average self-esteem and 25 students equivalent to 10.87% present high self-esteem. In addition, there was a significant correlation between the democratic parenting style variable and the high self-esteem variable. In conclusion, the majority of parents exercise the democratic parenting style and the students present high average self-esteem, with a significant relationship between the democratic parenting style and high self-esteem.