أساليب المعاملة الوالدية و أثرها على جودة الحياة لدى عينة من الأسر في مدينة جدة : دراسة تطبيقية

الملخص EN

The current study aims to reach the dominant feature of the dimensions of quality of life (Services, academic and family qualities ) in families in Jeddah, as well as to identify the dominant feature of parental approach styles in families in Jeddah (Autocratic, Permissive and Democrat styles).

It also aims to reveal the extent of the correlation between parental approach style (Authoritarian, Permissive and Democrat styles) and the dimensions of quality of life (Services, academic and family qualities).

The researchers adopted the descriptive method to accurately and systematically describe the study population.

The study sample is made of a number of spouses from those live in Jeddah.

The researchers used the questionnaire as an effective tool for data (live quality, parental approach styles) collection.

The collected data, from 170 spouses, is processed by applying the Statistical Package of The Social Sciences (SPSS) to get to the results.

The most important results of the study were: there are no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) in the average responses of the respondents regarding the parental approach styles that attributable to the variables (gender, age, academic qualification, spouse's qualification, number of children, family income, occupation type, occupation sector, spouse occupation, spouse occupation sector).

There is statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≤ 0.05) in the average responses of the respondents regarding the parental approach styles that attributable to the variables (the variable of housing status, in favor of those with private housing, where the democratic style prevalent among those have owned house; whereas the house type variable, where the democrat style is prevalent among families that have their own apartment or villa).

It is clear that the prevailing feature of life quality dimensions among families in Jeddah is represented in the family quality of 86% , also it is clear that the prevailing feature in the parental approach styles in families in Jeddah is represented in the democratic style of 57.1% , there is a direct correlation of statistical significance among the parental approach styles and life quality as a whole and all it dimensions represented in the dimensions of family quality, academic quality and services quality, which means that the more the family adopt and follows the democratic style, the better the quality of life they have.

The researchers recommended arranging and prepare of training programs to raise the families' academic life and services qualities in Saudi society, prepare indicative programs in the parental approach styles for the family in Saudi society arranged by the specialized associations, intensify media campaigns directed to parents to raise their awareness level about the right parental approach styles, supporting the role of the media of all kinds (read, audio and video) in developing the awareness of the family in ways that improve the ways in which they treat their children and how to benefit from the services provided to them from the country in improving the quality of their family life.