Self-esteem, Parenting Styles and Adolescent Depression among Senior Secondary School Students in Oyo State

This study examined the influence of self-esteem and parenting styles onadolescent depression among senior secondary school students in Oyo State.The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population ofthe study comprised of all public SSS 3 students (55,728) of which 2,884 weresampled, using the Multistage sampling procedure. Questionnaire was used togather data. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Result showed: low (mild) level of depression (x?= 2.240); high level of selfesteemin area of self-acceptance (x?= 2.787) and low level in area of selfconfidence(x?= 2.493); authoritarian parenting style is mostly adopted (x?=2.728) by the students’ parents; there is a significant joint influence of selfesteemand parenting styles on adolescent depression (F6, 2540 = 9.974;P<0.05); self-acceptance (? = -.098; t = -2.698; P<0.05), self-confidence (?= -.160; t = 3.009; P<0.05), authoritarian parenting style (? = .151; t =2.991; P<0.05), and permissive parenting style (? = .081; t = 2.317; P<0.05)all have significant relative influence on adolescent depression exceptauthoritative parenting style (? = -.065; t = -.721; P>0.05). The studyrecommended among others that parents should use authoritative parentingstyle.