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Subject: Human Development and family studies × Author: Pinki Rani × Start date: 2022 ×
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    Parenting stress among parents of normal and disabled children in Haryana state
    (CCS HAU, Hisar, 2022-07) Pinki Rani; Chandra Kala Singh
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state. Two districts were selected purposively from Haryana state. The location was selected purposively due to availability of sample. 400 parents (both mothers and fathers) were selected for the sample. 200 parents of normal children and 200 parents of disabled children were selected from both the locations. Two types of variables i.e. independent and dependent were taken. The independent variables included socio-economic variable, mental health, personality, self efficacy, parenting satisfaction and social support. Parenting stress was taken as dependent variable. Scheduled was developed and used to assess the socio-economic variable. Mental Health Scale developed by Jagadish and Srivastava (1983) was used to assess the mental health. Big Five Factors of Personality by John et al., 1991 was used to assess the personality. Self efficacy Scale by Sud et al., 1998 was used to measure the self efficacy. Kansas Parenting Satisfaction Scale by Schumm and Hall, 1985 was used to measure the parenting satisfaction. Family Supports scale (FSS) by Dunst et al., 1984 was used to assess the social support. Parenting Stress Index-short form (PSI-SF) developed by Abidin in 1995 was used to assess the parenting stress among parents of normal and disabled children. The present investigation has come out with the results stated that highly significant differences were observed between parents of normal and disabled children. Mothers had higher level of parenting stress as compared to fathers. Negative and significant correlation was observed between parenting stress with self efficacy, mental health, personality, social support and parenting satisfaction. Association of socio-personal factors with parenting stress elucidated that parenting stress was significantly associated with sibling status, age, education, occupation, caste, family size, and family income.