Impact of parent-child relationship on educational aspiration and self-esteem of adolescents boys and girls

Pages: 43-49
Kehksha and Deoshree Akhouri (Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

To examine the impact of parent-child relationship on educational aspiration and self-esteem of adolescence boys and girls and compare them on respective variables. Sample of the present study was 200 intermediate students (100 boys & 100 girls) from Aligarh that were selected randomly. Data was collected by administration of Educational Aspiration Scale, Parent Child Relationship Scale (PCRS) and Rosenberg Self-esteem scale. Data was analyzed by using SPSS 17.0. In present study significant difference was found between girls and boys on all the dimensions of PCR i.e., protecting, symbolic, punishment, rejecting, demanding, indifferent, symbolic reward, loving, object reward, and neglecting as well as self-esteem and educational aspiration. It was also found that smooth relationship with parents Influenced adolescents’ educational aspiration and self-esteem positively and vice versa. It is concluded that smooth relationship between parents and children plays significant role in establishing high educational aspiration and high self-esteem. The majority of those adolescents (both boys & girls) who share a smooth relationship with their parents have higher educational aspiration and higher self-esteem than those adolescents who do not have such relationship.