الملخص الإنجليزي
This study aims to shed light on the levels of different parenting styles and the emotional stability of children with speech disorders in the governorate of muscat. It also aims to examine how much the way children perceive parenting styles is related to their emotional stability, and how these styles could be attributed to the educational and financial levels of the family.
The study community consisted of 55 children with speech disorders. After shortlisting the questionnaires, the researcher got a study sample of 47 children (28 male, 19 female), 85% of the total study community. For analysis, the researcher used the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, percentages, averages and the One-Way ANOVA.
To achieve the objectives of this study, the researcher used two measures: the parenting style measure as perceived by children (Al Sanaany, 2009), and the emotional stability measure (Ryan, 2006). The study results were as follow:
1. The parenting styles as perceived by children scored a total weighted mean of 51.75%. Ordered from highest scoring to lowest, the overprotective style scored 60%, authoritarian 58,25%, cruel 52,5%, discriminative 51%, neglectful 49.5%, inferiority 47.25% and rejection 45%.
2. The emotional stability measure scored a total weighted mean of 71%, with flexibility and rigidness scoring 73.3%, while self emotion control scored lower with 67.7%.
3. There is a mild negative correlation with no statistical significance (below 0.05) between the parenting styles as perceived by children and emotional stability.
4. There are no statistically significant differences in the parenting styles as perceived by children which are attributed to educational and financial conditions of the family.
The researcher has recommended some key steps to face the problem of the study. He also proposed some academic research on parenting styles and emotional stability activities.
