Parenting Style, Socio-Economic Status and Gender on Criminal Thinking Style among Undergraduates
This study investigated parenting style, socio economic status gender on criminal thinking style among undergraduates. A total of 500 (265 male and 235 females) undergraduate students of a Ebonyi State University. The participants age was between 17 to 30 years and with mean age of 18. 52years.The participants completed Parental Care Scale and Criminal Thinking Styles (PICTS. 3-way ANOVA were used to test the stated hypotheses. Results showed that there was significant parenting style difference F (1, 488) = 8.60 P<0.001; significant difference in socio economic status F (2, 488) =4.51, P<0.00; and significant gender difference, F (1, 488) = 6.41, P<0.001 in the criminal thinking style among undergraduate. Parenting style X Gender interaction effect was statistically significant F(2, 488) = 3.30, P<0.001; parenting style X socio-economic status interaction effect was statistically significant F(2, 488) =3.123, P<0.001; Gender X socio economic status interaction effect was statistically significant F(2, 488) =5.05, P<0.00; parenting style X Gender X Socio economic status interaction effect was statistically significant F(2, 488)= 4.03, P<0.001. The implications of these findings to criminal thinking style among undergraduates were discussed.