Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

M. Priya ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Human Development, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

Parenting is a complex activity that includes many specific behaviors that work individual and together to influence child outcomes. Family atmosphere is very important factor, which contributes to the parent-child relationship. The present study includes identifying various parenting models which have been used for gathering information about the problems of adolescents according gender and socio-economic status. A total of 60 adolescents under the age group 15, 16 and 17 in which 30 boys and 30 girls were selected for the present investigation from Mysore city. Different schools and colleges were selected which comes under the same area of Mysore city. Random sampling technique was employed to assess the parenting style and adolescent problems. The variables like gender, socio economic status have taken to identify the results. P-scale which includes six parenting models and Mooney problem check-list which includes eleven areas with 30 items have been taken. It keeps the students in expressing their personal problems. The results revealed that the fathers show negative mode of parenting towards boy child, but mothers show positive mode of parenting mode. And low income of the family hinders the marital adjustment according to adolescents. Regarding the problems, adolescents boys find more difficulty in Finance, living conditions& employment (FLE) and Adjustment to school work (ASW) compared to girls. Lower income family adolescent's find more problems in finance, living conditions&employment (FLE) and the future vocational&educational (FVE) areas.

Keywords

Parenting Modes,problems of Adolescents,gender,socio-economic Stutus

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Gamrangchi D. Arengh ¹, M. Priya ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition,Human Development, University of Mysore, Mysore, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Human Development, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, IN

Abstract

Domestic violence that is any act of physical, sexual, or psychological abuse, or the threat of such abuse, inflicted against a woman by a person intimately connected to her through marriage, family relation, or acquaintanceship is universal and has its ischolar_main in the socio-cultural set up of the society. Domestic violence can be Psychological Abuse, Social Abuse, Financial Abuse, Physical Assault and/or Sexual Assault. In developing cities the rates of domestic violence against women are high. Domestic violence has attracted the attention of the general public and the judiciary in the city due to series of unpleasant incidents the loss of life and threat to life in several parts of the city. There were several cases of women who were ill treated, tortured and even murdered for not meeting the demands of the so called head of the family. The ultimate solution lies in awareness building geared through determined community action. In this study, efforts have been made to find out the prevalent forms of domestic violence, the factors leading to it, economic status of the family, the awareness of Domestic Violence Act' 2005, the utilization of the Act and also impact of the Act. The present study included sections on the prevalent forms of domestic violence, the factors leading to it, economic status of the family, the awareness of Domestic Violence Act' 2005, the utilization of the Act and also impact of the Act on the lives of victims. A total of 15 women victims of domestic violence were selected from the centers for the study. Through Case history method consolidated raw data were framed. The results revealed that Domestic violence in the form of physical attack was a common feature, the most prevalent cause of violence is extra marital relations of husbands, most of the victims belonged to middle income group families and are aware of the Domestic Violence Act and the reason for not utilizing the Act is because of fear of social stigma. This Act has both positive an

Keywords

Domestic Violence,domestic Violence Act,programmes And its Impact

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