Positive Parental Upbringing from the Perspective of Positive Psychology and its Relationship to Self-Esteem among Female Students of the College of Education - Sana’a University

Abstract

    The study aimed at knowing the relationship between positive parental upbringing methods from the perspective of positive psychology and self-esteem. The study also aimed at knowing the common positive parenting methods and the level of self-esteem among female students of the College of Education. The study followed the descriptive, correlational approach, and the study sample included (252) of female students in the College of Education, and the study tools included two scales: the Positive Parental Upbringing Scale by Nicomachus (2019) and the Rusinbirj Self-Esteem Scale (translated by Ahmed Abu Saad, (2011). The data was processed statistically using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, T-test for one sample, analysis of variance, and T-test for two independent samples were used. The results of the study indicated that the level of self-esteem among female students of the College of Education is high, and that the common parenting style among female students of the College of Education is (caring for parental values), and the results indicated that there were no differences in the level of self-esteem attributed to the academic level variable among female students of the College of Education, while there were significant differences in the level of self-esteem attributed to the academic specialization, and it was significant in favor of scientific specializations in the level of self-esteem.