Parental Attitudes Towards Youth Socialization as Perceived by 12th Graders at Southern West Bank / Palestine

Abstract

This study aimed at determining parental attitudes towards
youngsters socialization at southern West Bank, Palestine. To carry
out the study, a two-fold 30-item questionnaire was developed and
distributed to a stratified random sample of (423) 12th graders during
February and March 2007. Results showed that parental attitudes as
perceived by students were "democratic" on one side, and were
identified as "over protection" for mothers and "negligence" for
fathers. No significant differences between the means of sample
perceptions due to mother educational level were determined,
whereas significant differences were determined with regard to
gender, branch of study, family economic level, and father educational
level.