Sukhminder KaurManju Chawla2017-07-122017-07-122011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810025089The present study was undertaken to assess the nature and magnitude of harsh parenting and aggression among 180 adolescents (12-16 years) equally distributed over different socio-economic strata (low, middle and high) drawn from six rural locations in Jagraon block of Ludhiana District. A Personal Information Sheet and a Self Structured Interview Schedule were used to assess the demographic profile and harsh parenting experienced by the adolescents. An Aggression Scale was used to determine the aggression level among adolescents experiencing harsh and non-punitive parenting. More than eighty five per cent (85.56%) adolescents experienced varied forms of harshness by their parents. Parents from low socio-economic status families were found to be severely harsh towards 30.00 per cent adolescents compared to adolescents from middle (10.00%) and high (6.67%) socio-economic status families. Fathers compared to mothers were found to be harsher towards the adolescents in all the socio-economic strata. Adolescents (33.33%) from low socio-economic status families experienced bruises followed by bleeding and burns as a consequence of physical punishment compared to few adolescents from middle and high socio-economic status families. Parents were found to be stricter towards male adolescents than females. Adolescents experiencing harsh attitude of the parents were found to be highly aggressive than the ones having non-punitive parents. Aggression was found to be more prevalent among boys compared to girls, however there were no significant age differences in the aggression level of the adolescents.ennullThesis