A Study on Self-Concept and Parenting Styles in Adolescents with Learning Disabilities
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Child rearing practices play an important role in developing personality characteristics in the child. Various studies have shown correlation between self- concept and parenting styles. The purpose of our study was to identify the relationships between perceived maternal parenting styles and self-concept among the adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). The study consisted of 60 adolescent - mother dads of adolescents between ages 12 to 17 years who had a certified LD, and their mothers. The scales employed were the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), which measured the perceptions of the adolescent participants about their mothers’ parenting styles, the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire (PSDQ -Short Version), which measured the maternal parenting styles of the adolescents as reported by the mothers themselves, and the Self-Concept Questionnaire (SCQ), which measured the self-concept of the participating adolescents. Results indicated a negative significant relationship between the adolescents’ self-concept and authoritative maternal parenting style, as perceived by the adolescents with LD. However, no significant relationship was found between the adolescents’ self-concept and authoritarian maternal parenting style and permissive maternal parenting style, as perceived by the adolescents with LD. Results also indicated no significant relationship between the self-concept of the adolescents with LD and the three dimensions i.e. authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive, of perceived maternal parenting style, as reported by their mothers.
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Priyanka Bajaria
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- EP ID EP248783
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.2.3.2015.272-276
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