Parenting style and emotional maturity among adolescents across gender

Pages: 311-314
V. Sindhu and Vandana Jain (Department of Psychology, SDM College, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka)

Parenting style plays an important role on Emotional Maturity among Adolescents. The aim of the study is, to examine Parenting style and Emotional Maturity among adolescents across gender. The scales used for the study is Parenting scale by Bhardwaj and Sharma and Emotional Maturity scale by Singh and Bhargava About 100 participants (50 males & 50 female adolescents) were taken from Vivekananda Pre-University College, Bangalore of age 15-18years. Purposive sampling method is used for the study and research design being survey type. The statistical analysis used is Paired sample t-test and Co-efficient of Correlation. The findings of the study are, Perceived Parenting Style does not differ significantly across gender. Emotional maturity does not differ significantly among Adolescents across gender. Parenting Style does not have any relationship with Emotional Maturity among female adolescents. Among male adolescents when there is decrease in parenting style, leads to increase in emotional immaturity. The results and discussion, drawbacks and implication is discussed in detail.