To Study the Influence of Mothers Parenting Style on the Mental Health of Adolescent Children

Abstract

The teenage years are often portrayed as stressful for both parents and teens. Research demonstrates that teens undergo several developmental adjustments including biological, developmental, emotional, and social changes on their way to becoming adults. Parenting is considered a vital factor in the psychological well-being of an adolescent. Parents can benefit from an understanding that, how they as parents or their parenting style, provides a basis for many healthy developmental outcomes during adolescence. The purpose of this research is to help clarify how parenting styles contribute to mental health among adolescents. For this purpose, 75 boys and 75 girls along with their mothers were selected. The adolescents were in the age range of 15-19 years. Mental Health Battery and Parenting Styles Dimension Questionnaire were used for the study. Results revealed that among the Three types of Parenting styles i.e., Authoritative, Authoritarian and Permissive parenting styles, the Authoritative Parenting Style has a Positive significant relationship with the Mental Health of the Adolescents.