title: Examining young students’ preference for parenting styles and the effects of gender and emotions

authors: Mir, Zara

subjects: young participant's preference

abstract: This study used a new research method in order to examine the preference of young participants for a particular parenting style and how self-reported emotions (positive or negative) could have influenced their preference. Also of interest were participants’ perceptions of their parents’ parenting styles. More specifically, the research aimed to determine (1) which is the most preferred parenting style of  young participants and is there a gender effect when selecting a preferred parenting style?; (2) what parenting style ratings do participants give to their parents (biological fathers and mothers) and will they be different from their own ratings? – And finally (3) are the ratings for the three parenting styles somehow related and did the levels of their current emotions (positive and negative) relate to these ratings? The study recruited 100 students (18-25 years) from the University of Waikato. They all completed the first questionnaire “Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire,” which involved measures of parenting practice towards the children as well as a second questionnaire “The PERMA Profiler” which involved measures of overall positive and negative emotions among participants in the past few months. First, it was found that authoritative parenting style was the most preferred parenting style as compared to authoritarian and permissive parenting style. The permissive parenting style was the second preferred parenting style and the authoritarian style was the least preferred parenting style. Moreover, only a small gender effect was observed in those preferences.  Further, our research demonstrated that participants’ ratings for their own parenting style were similar to the ratings they gave to their parents’ parenting style. Participants rated the authoritative parenting style for themselves slightly higher than for their parents, the authoritarian parenting style as slightly lower, and the permissive parenting style was rated similar as for their fathers, and slightly lower than their ratings for their mothers. Inferential statistics revealed that self-reported overall positive emotions as assessed by the PERMA profiler (positive emotions, relationships, meaning, and achievements) positively correlated with the ratings of participants’ authoritative parenting style. On the other hand, self-reported negative emotions and loneliness positively correlated with the ratings of the authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. These findings will hopefully help to promote more research into factors influencing parent’s preference for certain parenting styles, which are particularly helpful in creating flourishing upbringing in children.

text: Examining young students’ preference for parenting styles and the effects of gender and emotions This study used a new research method in order to examine the preference of young participants for a particular parenting style and how self-reported emotions (positive or negative) could have influenced their preference. Also of interest were participants’ perceptions of their parents’ parenting styles. More specifically, the research aimed to determine (1) which is the most preferred parenting style of  young participants and is there a gender effect when selecting a preferred parenting style?; (2) what parenting style ratings do participants give to their parents (biological fathers and mothers) and will they be different from their own ratings? – And finally (3) are the ratings for the three parenting styles somehow related and did the levels of their current emotions (positive and negative) relate to these ratings? The study recruited 100 students (18-25 years) from the University of Waikato. They all completed the first questionnaire “Parenting Style and Dimension Questionnaire,” which involved measures of parenting practice towards the children as well as a second questionnaire “The PERMA Profiler” which involved measures of overall positive and negative emotions among participants in the past few months. First, it was found that authoritative parenting style was the most preferred parenting style as compared to authoritarian and permissive parenting style. The permissive parenting style was the second preferred parenting style and the authoritarian style was the least preferred parenting style. Moreover, only a small gender effect was observed in those preferences.  Further, our research demonstrated that participants’ ratings for their own parenting style were similar to the ratings they gave to their parents’ parenting style. Participants rated the authoritative parenting style for themselves slightly higher than for their parents, the authoritarian parenting style as slightly lower, and the permissive parenting style was rated similar as for their fathers, and slightly lower than their ratings for their mothers. Inferential statistics revealed that self-reported overall positive emotions as assessed by the PERMA profiler (positive emotions, relationships, meaning, and achievements) positively correlated with the ratings of participants’ authoritative parenting style. On the other hand, self-reported negative emotions and loneliness positively correlated with the ratings of the authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. These findings will hopefully help to promote more research into factors influencing parent’s preference for certain parenting styles, which are particularly helpful in creating flourishing upbringing in children.

year: 2020

title: A dialectic analysis of the whistleblowing phenomenon

authors: Bather, Andrea

subjects: whistleblowing

abstract: Although whistleblowers are often portrayed as courageous individuals deserving of respect, the act of whistleblowing can be viewed as a disloyal act which may bring much harm to the whistleblower's colleagues. We argue that although some whistleblowers have provided a great service to society, the world would be best served if the need for external whistleblowing were obviated by appropriate management practices.

text: A dialectic analysis of the whistleblowing phenomenon Although whistleblowers are often portrayed as courageous individuals deserving of respect, the act of whistleblowing can be viewed as a disloyal act which may bring much harm to the whistleblower's colleagues. We argue that although some whistleblowers have provided a great service to society, the world would be best served if the need for external whistleblowing were obviated by appropriate management practices.

year: 2006

title: Indigenous-washing and colonial amnesia: how New Zealand’s nation brand depoliticizes climate change

authors: Hellmann, Olli

abstract: New Zealand’s nation brand has drawn ever louder accusations of “greenwashing” the country’s image in recent years. Through a visual discourse analysis of Air New Zealand’s Tiaki & The Guardians safety briefing video, this article shows that brand managers have responded with a strategy of “Indigenous-washing,” appropriating the Māori worldview to deflect attention from intensive farming’s carbon footprint and other environmentally unfriendly activities. More broadly, this article makes an important contribution to the growing critical-cultural literature on nation branding by revealing how New Zealand’s latest marketing initiative contributes to the depoliticization of climate change. The “Tiaki” campaign not only positions New Zealand as an “untouched land,” but also closes the space for democratic debate about climate change by obscuring the role of colonialism in causing the planet’s ecological crisis and by silencing alternative socioecological futures proposed by Indigenous peoples.

text: Indigenous-washing and colonial amnesia: how New Zealand’s nation brand depoliticizes climate change New Zealand’s nation brand has drawn ever louder accusations of “greenwashing” the country’s image in recent years. Through a visual discourse analysis of Air New Zealand’s Tiaki & The Guardians safety briefing video, this article shows that brand managers have responded with a strategy of “Indigenous-washing,” appropriating the Māori worldview to deflect attention from intensive farming’s carbon footprint and other environmentally unfriendly activities. More broadly, this article makes an important contribution to the growing critical-cultural literature on nation branding by revealing how New Zealand’s latest marketing initiative contributes to the depoliticization of climate change. The “Tiaki” campaign not only positions New Zealand as an “untouched land,” but also closes the space for democratic debate about climate change by obscuring the role of colonialism in causing the planet’s ecological crisis and by silencing alternative socioecological futures proposed by Indigenous peoples.

year: 2023-07-27