(Universidad Técnica de Manabí, 2023)
Almeida Mendoza, Galo Alberto; Grether Lucía, Real Pérez
The objective of this research work is to determine the influence of parenting styles on the
behavior of adolescents from 14 to 18 years of age in the “Libertad” citadel of the Portoviejo canton. In
this way, a descriptive, transversal and non-experimental research was carried out, using a quantitative
approach; which descriptive and bibliographic methods were used. A sample of 10 adolescents was
applied. For this research, the Steinberg Parenting Styles Scale and the Goodman Strengths and
Weaknesses Questionnaire were used; whose results indicated that the authoritarian and permissive
parenting styles presented abnormal behavior problems, while the authoritative parenting style showed
normal and borderline behavior. Concluding that, the parenting styles used by the family of those
adolescents do influence the behavior of said adolescents.