EXAMINE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTING STYLE, LIFE SATISFACTION ANDCHARACTER STRENGTHS AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN IBADAN

Abstract

Character strength is spreading like an epidemic, and it doesn't necessarily develop in a linear fashion.
Despite extensive character strength research, this development is still ongoing. Effects of character strength
on adolescents are linked to a number of psychosocial indicators. Investigating the emergence of character
strength is important. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships among parenting practices,
life satisfaction, and character strength among adolescents in the Oyo state capital of Ibadan. A descriptive
survey research design was used for this study. Using a multi-stage sampling technique, 350 participants were
chosen from five public secondary schools in the city of Ibadan. The participants' ages ranged from 11 to 24,
with a mean age of 12.88 (SD: 8.46). Pearson Product Moment Correlation and multiple regression analysis
were both used to test three research questions. The results showed that the observed character strengths'
mean scores were ranked in order. The adolescents' most prominent character strength was found to be
honesty (mean = 10.45, SD = 1.524). However, the adolescents' top five character traits included openmindedness, honesty, love, and gratitude (mean scores ranged from 10.45 to 7.68). The bottom five qualities,
with mean scores ranging from 4.87 to 5.07, were modesty, self-control, fairness, bravery, and zest. There was
a positive and significant correlation between life satisfaction and six character traits (r
=.106*,.113*,.112*,.176*,.124*, and.229*; p 0.05): open-mindedness, social intelligence, prudence, hope,
humor, and spirituality. Together, life satisfactions and parenting style variables (warmth, hostility,
indifference, and undifferentiated) significantly influenced the (R2) values for wisdom and knowledge,
courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence, which were 15.2%, 11.1%, 10.4%, 7.9%, 6.2%,
and 4.9%, respectively. This finding suggests that positive parenting practices and a happy life should be
organized to promote the development of character strength. Teenagers should be encouraged to use their
character strengths for good. Additionally, school counselors need to work harder to train adolescents to
develop strong character traits.