Studies on Parenting Styles towards their Adolescents in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh-I Mothers

The main propose of the study was to find out the parenting styles used by mothers for their adolescents. The subjects who participated in the study included a random sample of 200 adolescents between the age group of 1319 years. Interviewe schedule and standardised scales were used for data collection. Parenting styles of mothers were assessed by Parenting Styles Scale (Bharadwaj et al. 1998). To assess the sociodemographic variables, such as gender, age, occupation of the adolescents' parents, education of the adolescents' parents and family income, the interview schedule was prepared. Coefficient of correlation was used in data analyses. Results of present study revealed that majority of mothers were using positive parenting style. It was also found that parenting styles of mothers were statistically significant with age, gender, family income of adolescents and qualification of their parents.