INFLUENCE OF HOME ENVIRONMENT AND PARENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON PARENTING STYLES OF ACCEPTED AND REJECTED PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN
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10-08-01
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE
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The present Investigation was designed to know the influence of home
environment and parental characteristics on parenting styles of accepted and
rejected preschool children. The study v/as carried out in Dharwad taluk and In
Dharwad city. The sample comprised of 128 preschool children and their parents.
Data was collected through questionnaires from literate parents and interviewed
personally by the investigator for illiterate parents. The results revealed that
parents of rural accepted children were significantly higher on Inductive parenting
than parents of rejected children. Accepted children had significantly better home
environment than rejected children In both rural and urban areas. Parents of rural
accepted children had significantly lower anxiety and better temperametn than
parents of rejected children. Better home environment significantly promoted the
inductive parenting style of rural accepted children. Anxiety of father and
temperament of mother significantly influenced fathers parenting style by tending
towards power assertive among rural rejected children. Anxiety of father
signlfcantty influenced mothers parenting styles, tending towards power assertive
among urban rejecetd children. Temperament of father significantly influenced
fathers parenting styles by tending towards power assertive style among urban
rejecetd children. Combined effect of sociodemographic factors, home
environment and parental characteristics brought a significant variation of 73 per
cent in fathers parenting styles among rural accepted children. While, it was 79
per cent In case of urban rejected children. However, the parenting style of father
did not vary significantly in case of accepted children. Similarly, mothers parenting
styles was not significantly influenced by the selected factors, either among
accepted or rejected group.
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