Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting Styles as Factors in the Grit Scores of Selected College Students

This study attempted to confirm locally what other studies have found concerning how a particular parenting style is positively related to grit. A 30-item parenting style questionnaire, which identifies authoritarian, authoritative or permissive parenting styles and initially created for parent-respondents was modified for the point of view of the child. 60 college students studying in a government school in Rizal, Philippines whose parents are alive and staying together, volunteered to take part in this study. 35 respondents were identified has having undergone authoritative parenting style, while 25 respondents were identified as having undergone authoritarian parenting style. Their grit scores were then obtained using the Short Grit Scale. The Welch’s T-test yielded a very statistically significant difference between the grit scores of both groups of respondents. Furthermore, since the mean of the grit scores of respondents identified has having undergone authoritative parenting style is higher, it can be inferred that an authoritative parenting style promotes higher grit among this particular set of respondents.

Keywords: Parenting Style, Grit, Authoritative, Authoritarian