Studies on Parenting Styles towards their Adolescents in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh-II Fathers

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  • Ruchi Thakur Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062
  • Shubhangana Sharma Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062
  • Raj Pathania Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062
  • Shashi Seema Katoch Department of Human Development, College of Home Science, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062

Keywords:

Parenting Style, Fathers, Adolescent, Kangra.

Abstract

The present study was undertaken during the year 2009 in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh in two blocks namely Panchrukhi and Bhawarna to find out the parenting styles of father towards adolescents. Four schools from each Block were selected randomly from a list of schools. A sample of 200 adolescents in the age group of 1319 years were surveyed from each block. Parenting style of father towards adolescents was assessed by the parenting style scale. The findings of the study revealed that majority of fathers were using positive parenting style such as acceptance, protection indulgence, realism, moralism, discipline, realistic role expectation and martial adjustment towards their adolescents. As reported by the respondents, fathers showed similar kind of relationship irrespective of the gender of the child. Correlation matrix test shows that the sex of the respondents was significantly and positively correlated with fathers' parenting styles. Correlation was also found to be statistically significant with respondents.

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Published

2012-06-01

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Thakur, R., Sharma, S., Pathania, R., & Katoch, S. S. (2012). Studies on Parenting Styles towards their Adolescents in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh-II Fathers. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research, 38(1), 49–54. Retrieved from https://hjar.org/index.php/hjar/article/view/118596

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