@article{Wongchum_Chaeye_Nuntakwang_Chuamuangphan_2021, title={Parenting Styles on the Perceptions of Youth Offenders and the Family}, volume={39}, url={https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ns/article/view/241423}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To examine the parenting styles on the perceptions of youth offenders and the family and to compare the perceptions of the parenting styles between youth offenders and the family.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> Descriptive comparative study.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> Eighty-six of youth offenders in a district prison, at Chiang Mai Province, and their families were recruited using simple random sampling without replacement. This study used a questionnaire for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, including frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square test.</p> <p><strong>Main findings:</strong> The results revealed that authoritative parenting style was perceived most by the youth offenders (79.07%), followed by authoritarian/permissive/uninvolved parenting styles (19.77%). Consistently, the parenting style most reported by the families was authoritative (94.18%), followed by authoritarian/permissive/uninvolved parenting style (3.49%). There was a statistically significant difference between the perceptions of youth offenders and their families towards the parenting styles (p < .05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion and recommendations:</strong> The youth offenders and their families had different perceptions towards the parenting styles. The relevant organization should find a strategy and develop a program that helps increase mutual understanding between the youth offenders and their families to strengthen their bonds and family hardiness as well as to prevent recidivism.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Nursing Science Journal of Thailand}, author={Wongchum, Rungrudee and Chaeye, Kanyapat and Nuntakwang, Chadchadaporn and Chuamuangphan, Yoavana}, year={2021}, month={Jan.}, pages={38–46} }