22. INFLUENCE OF THE AUTHORITARIAN PARENTS REARING STYLE ON CHILDRENS’ BEHAVIOR IN DENTAL OFFICE
M.Georgieva, M. Peneva
Medical University – Sofia, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Pediatric Dentisry Department
Authoritarian style reveals powerful parents’ figure, who uses strong rules in child rearing. This parents do not give opportunity for choice, but create habits and values for children. It is interesting to check if this rearing style create confident children, who are prepared for adequate reaction in dental office or they are more likely to become anxious and with negative behavior.
Aim: The aim of the study is to find out authoritarian style in 4 to 6 years old children.
Materials: Influence of the authoritarian style on childrens’ behavior in dental office was determined in 250 children and their parents, who signature inform consent.
Methods: There are eight questions which determined authoritarian parents style. They are adopted for parents and children. The real presence of that education was find by correlation between answers of parents and children.
Results: It was established that 41,42% of children give evidence for presence of authoritarian parents style. Reliable lower number of parents (37%) give answers, which characterized this style. Index for positive authoritarian style for children is reliable higher than parents’ index. This indicates that children are more sensitive to authoritarian style than the parents realized. Higher percentage of children, rearing this way is proof for forming proper behavior habits in most of the children.
Conclusion: Most of the children are rearing in authoritarian style.
Keywords: authoritarian style, rearing, behavior