Effect of parental stress and control by mother on mother-child relationship

Pages: 412-414
Ekta Soni (Department of Applied Psychology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science, and Technology, Hisar, Haryana )
Madhuri (Department of Psychology, Ch. Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani, Haryana )

Aim of the present study was to assess the effect of parental stress and control by mother on mother-child relationship. Data was collected from 50 mothers and their children. Age of the child ranged from 13 to 17 years. Tools used in the study were Distress Weinberger Adjustment Inventory (Weinberger & Schwartz, 1990) Parental control (Houston Community Demonstration Project, 1993) Parental Child Attachment- Rochester Youth Development study (Thornberry Lizotte, Krohn, Franworth, & Jang, 1991). Results revealed that control by mother was significantly correlated with attachment of child towards mother. Further regression analysis revealed that control by mother predicts the child’s attachment towards mother by 12%.