Do Authoritative Parents Moderate Their Children Religious Attitude? The Influence of Level of Authoritativeness in Parenting Style to Religious Fundamentalism

Authoritative parenting style is scientifically known as the most effective one of the other two (permissive and authoritative) to raise children. In terms of religion, it is also considered as an effective one for religious education. Parents belonging to this category create their own vision and mission for their children and give the space for them to discuss and solicit their objectives. Being contrary to it, parents with an authoritarian parenting style take their group consensus or theological guidance. They impose their children on particular sets of rules which they believe as the divine origin. This study is, therefore, aimed to find if there is an influence of authoritative parenting style to religious fundamentalism based on their level of authoritativeness (high and low scores). The results prove that there is no significant influence of authoritative parenting style with religious fundamentalism.