Perceived Parenting Style, Self-Compassion, Resiliency and Bullying Behavior among Early Adolescents

Background: Children are first educated in their families, and by adapting different parenting styles, Parents consciously and in most cases unconsciously teach their children important behavioral and psycological doctrines, Aim of the study: this study was conducted to explore the perceiption of parenting style, self-compassion, resiliency and mitigating bullying behavior among early adolescents. Subjects and Methods: Research design: Cross-sectional exploratory design was used to achieve the present study aims. Setting: This study was conducted at Al-Azhar preparatory institutes (Darjeel, Kafr Hijazi and Kafr Al-Galatia) Menofya Governorate.Subjects: A convenient sample of 306 students was selected from Al-Azhar preparatory institutes. Tools of data collection: Parenting Style Scale, self compassion, psychological resilience and bullying behavior. Results: The study results indicated that, there was a highly positive correlation between the overall parenting style of the father and the total student's self-compassion and total bullying. While there was no statistcal correlation with the student's psychological resilience. On the other hand, there was no statistical correlation between the overall parenting style of the mother and the total student self-compassion, psychological resilience and totale bullying behaviors. Conclusion: It was concluded that the results of the study show a lower level of parenting despite the fact that early adolescents have a good sense of self-compassion, excellent psychological resilience and low levels of bullying.Recommendations: It is recommended that application of the study on a larger and more diverse samples of adolescents, and it would be advantageous to collect data directly from parents in regard to their parenting style.