The Impact of Harsh Parenting on the Self-efficacy of Chinese Middle School Students

As the level of education for all increases, family education is receiving more and more attention, and different parenting styles will have different impacts on children. This article mainly studies the impact of harsh parenting on Chinese middle school students' self-efficacy. In this study, 120 students of a middle school in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, were recruited, and a questionnaire survey was conducted using stratified cluster sampling method, and 120 valid data were obtained. The questionnaire included the respondents' basic information, harsh parenting scale, and general self-efficacy scale, and the Cronbach's of the data was 0.76. Through comprehensive analyses, it is concluded that middle school students' self-efficacy was negatively correlated with their parents' harsh parenting, with the father's harsh language being the most significant in relation to the children's self-efficacy. In order to highlight the negative effects of harsh parenting and serve as a reminder to parents to be conscious of their own parenting style, this study aims to ascertain how strict parenting will impact children's sense of self-efficacy.