Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

Effect of Mothers Psychological Characteristics on Efficacy Behaviors of Children

Dr. Ira Tripathi

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This empirical paper examines the interrelations among the psychological characteristics of mothers. Neuroticism is a negative trait and researches suggest that it very significantly affects the psychological well being of an individual. Furthermore, mother’s psychological characteristics were also correlated with efficacy behaviors of their children. This study was undertaken on children aged 8 to 12 years and their mothers. There were two groups of children and their mothers. One was chronically ill children group and their mothers, and other group was normal healthy children and their mothers. The sample comprised of 150 mothers and 150 children. In this paper the psychological characteristics naming neuroticism, optimism, health attitude, future expectation and perception of family environment of mothers were analyzed and reported. Neuroticism of mother was correlated with her optimism, health attitude, future expectation and perception of family environment. Results revealed that mother’s neuroticism has very significant and negative correlation with her optimism, health attitude, future expectation and perception of family environment. It was significant in both of the cases whether they were chronically ill children mother or healthy children mother. This study again shows that mother’s neuroticism correlated negatively and significantly with efficacy behaviors of children, whether optimism, health attitude, future expectation and perception of family relation and support correlated significantly and positively with behavioral efficacy. This study clearly emphasizes that neurotic tendencies affect positivity of thinking. A neurotic mother can’t keep herself psychologically well. Therefore, if she controls her neuroticism then only can achieve more psychological wellbeing. Neuroticism not only affects the well being of mother but its crude effect spreads to her child. Whether positive characteristics of mother like optimism, future hope, progressive health attitude and supportive family environment enhances efficacy behaviors of children but neurotic tendency of mother decreases it.

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Dr. Ira Tripathi Effect of Mother’s Psychological Characteristics on Efficacy Behaviors of Children Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue : 12 December 2014

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