Relationship between ego states in teenagers in 13-18 age group and consciousness levels of parents with parents' attitude

The general goal of this thesis study was to reveal the relationship of ego states of teenagers in the 13-18 age group with parentage consciousness levels of parents and their attitudes relating to child rearing. Moreover, this paper also scrutinizes this relationship in terms of several demographical variables such as age, gender, educational background, and socio-economic level. The population consisted of teenagers in the 13-18 age group who study in secondary education in Akçakoca, Cumayeri and Çilimli districts of Düzce province; families of these teenagers were also included in the population. Sample of the study composed of 260 persons whose 130 were parents and other 130 were the teenagers in the related age group. The sampling method is the clustering irrational random sampling; it is in the form of relational screening model. Ego States Scale (ESS) within the scope of Transactional Analysis Theory was applied 130 teenagers in 13-18 age group by asking them for checking the boxes which summarize their characteristics. As data collection tools, 130 parents in the survey was applied Parentage Information Test and Parental Attitude Research (PARI) whose validity and reliability are approved. Moreover, the Demographic Information Form that was developed by the same investigator was filled by participants. SPSS 16.0 Windows packaged software and Microsoft Office Excel program analyzed the data. One-Way Variance Analysis, Independent groups T-test, Regression Analysis, Chi-Square Goodness of fit were utilized besides Scheffe posthoc tests which were used when the value was found as significant. The significance level of all the data was tested at p< 0.05 level. It is pointed out when looking at research results that parentage consciousness level of parents and also parents' attitudes relating to child rearing do not differentiate by the self-perceived ego states of teenagers in the 13-18 age group. There is found a negative significant relationship between parents' attitudes relating to child rearing and parentage consciousness levels. There is also seen a significant difference between parentage information level of parents between their educational level, working status and number of children. In addition to all these, for research results, parents significantly predict PARI scores. Results were discussed by associating with investigations in literature; there was made suggestions as well. Keywords: Parents' Attitude, Parentage Consciousness Level, Ego States