Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the impact of authoritarian
and authoritative parenting in home, health and emotional
adjustment. Moreover, the study explored the relationship of
parenting with Adjustment. Relationships of authoritative and
authoritarian parenting with home, health and emotional adjustment
of adolescents were compared. The sample of the study consisted
of 200 college students (100 female and 100 male). They were
selected from the different colleges of Rawalpindi and Islamabad,
Pakistan. Age range of the sample was 16 to 19 years. Parental
Authority Questionnaire (PAQ, Babree, 1997) and Indian
Adaptation of Bell’s Adjustment Inventory Scale (Sharma, 1988)
were used in the study. Correlation and t-test were used to analyze
data. Findings showed that adolescents raised by authoritative
parents have better home, health and emotional adjustment as
compared to adolescents raised by authoritarian parents.
Authoritative parents have positive and authoritarian parents have
negative relationship with home, health and emotional adjustment.
Beenish Sartaj , Naeem Aslam. (2010) Role of Authoritative and Authoritarian Parenting in Home, Health and Emotional Adjustment , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 2 0, Issue 1.
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