Assessment of parent adolescent  relationship of single parent families of  Jammu city

Dr. Sarika Manhas; Ms.Anupa Sharma; Ms.Riya

Volume : II, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Assessment of parent adolescent relationship of single parent families of Jammu city

Dr. Sarika Manhas, Ms. Anupa Sharma, Ms. Riya

Abstract :

The present study highlights the parent adolescent relationship in single parent families of Jammu city, comprised of 80 adolescents in the age group of 12-16 years and their single parent (either mother or father). The sample was selected randomly through multistage sampling. The Parental Relationship Questionnaire (PRQ) designed by Kamphaus and Reynolds (2006) was administered for gathering the required data. The findings reveal that most parents shared average to significantly above average attachment, average to significantly below average communication, discipline practices, average to significantly above average involvement, average parenting confidence, average to significantly above average satisfaction with school and average to upper extreme relational frustration in reference to their adolescent children. It was also found that the parent adolescent relationship in most cases was moderate in nature with no major conflicts or frustration. Use of statistical procedures point that single fathers and single mothers had similar patterns of attachment, communication, discipline practices, parental confidence, satisfaction with school and relational frustration. The only dimension to vary according to the sex of the parent was involvement, with mothers surpassing the fathers. Further, this dimension along with communication also varied significantly according to the sex of the adolescents. The sample parents were more communicative as well as involved with their adolescents sons than their daughters.