Parental Involvement in Child’s Development: Father vs. Mother

Yeoh Si Han, Woo Pei Jun

Department of Psychology, Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/ojmp.2013.24B001                

Abstract

This study aims to investigate on Malaysian young adults’ perceived father and mother involvement. A questionnaire survey with Father Involvement Scale, and Mother Involvement Scale was carried out on 100 male and 100 female local university and college student aged 18 and 25 years old. The findings show that mothers engaged more in expressive and mentoring/advising involvement as compared to fathers. However, there is no difference between fathers and mothers in instrumental involvement. This study gives us a better understanding on the pattern of parental involvement in Malaysia and hence helps to promote better parent-child relationship.

Keywords

Parental Involvement; Father; Mother

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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