Effect of socio-economic status and personality of the mother on educational rearing pattern

Pages: 620-624
Sarika Patel (Talk Remedies, Indore, M.P.)
Himalaya Tiwari (Department of Basic Science and Humanities, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
O.P. Sharma (Department of Psychology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan)

The purpose of the study is to see the effect of socio-economic status and personality of the mother on educational rearing pattern. This study examined the effect of low, medium and high socio-economic status and two dimensions of personality of the mother- introversion and extraversion on their educational rearing pattern. A sample of seventy-two mothers (n=72) whose children were studying in a range of fifth to ninth standard was selected through purposive sampling from Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan. Results indicated that extravert mothers were better on educational rearing pattern