Abstract:
This study aimed to explain the contribution of parenting styles on children’s
perception of being adequately heard by parents and their subjective well-being across
three bullying groups (perpetrators, victims, and uninvolved). Participants (N = 1,294;
54.8% girls; 45.2% boys) were elementary school (47.3%) and junior high school
students (52.7%) in Bandung City. Parenting styles were measured using Egna Minnen
Beträffande Uppfostran for Children. Subjective well-being was measured using the
Children's Worlds Subjective Well-Being Scale. Being adequately heard by parents was
measured using the Children's Worlds measure. Data were analysed using linear
regression and descriptive analysis. Parenting styles contributed significantly to
children’s perception of being heard by parents and their subjective well-being.
Parenting styles contributed differently across the three groups and genders. The
uninvolved perceived that their parents were warm. The perpetrators perceived their
parents as rejective. The victims perceived their parents as overprotective. The
perpetrators displayed the lowest SWB score, while the uninvolved displayed the
highest SWB score. Warm mothers showed a significant positive effect on children’s
SWB and perception that they were adequately heard. Overprotective fathers showed a
significant positive effect on children’s SWB because father was perceived as the
family's head who protects their children. It is suggested that parents should practice
warm rearing to prevent children’s involvement in bullying
