A study on the relation between parental attitude and subjective well-being in adolescents

This research which aims to study the relationship between parental attitute and subjective well-being in adolescents is a qualitative research. The target population of the study has been composed of the students of secondary schools in Safranbolu District of Karabuk in 2013-2014 school year. Research sample has been formed with 659 students from randomly selected three different secondary schools. "Personal Information Form", "Parental Attitute Scale" and "Subjective Well-Being Scales for Adolescents" have been used for data collection. The analysis of the data collected in the research has been conducted with the SPSS 20.0 program. Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis H Test with Bonferroni correction have been used in data analysis. As a result of the research it has been found that there is no meaningful effect of gender on subjective well-being of adolescents who perceive their parents as authoritative, careless and tolerant. Life satisfaction and subjective well-being level of male adolescents have been found higher than female adolescents. The level of subjective well-being of adolescents who perceive their parents as democratic and tolerant is higher than that of the adolescents who perceive their parents as careless and authoritative. In the light of the foregoing findings, it has been concluded that positive attitute and support of parents enhance the level of subjective well-being of adolescents. The results have been discussed in consideration of findings and related theoretical background.