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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2019, Volume : 7, Issue : 6
First page : (91) Last page : (99)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7766

Factors Influencing Parenting Practices of Adolescent Parents

Dahun Massar* and Prema B. Patil
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
College of Community Science
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad -580005 India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: dahun.massar.12@gmail.com
Received: 23.09.2019  |  Revised: 28.10.2019   |  Accepted: 5.11.2019  

 ABSTRACT

The present study aimed to assess the existing parenting practices in rural and urban areas of Dharwad and to know the influence of socio-demographic factors on parenting practices. The sample consisted of 245 adolescents aged 12-15 years and their parents. Parenting practices was measured using Alabama parenting questionnaire (APQ) and socio-demographic factors using socio-economic scale (SES). Percentage distribution showed that urban parents use higher positive parenting rather than negative parenting practices compared to rural parents. Bivariate analysis revealed that child’s age was significantly and indirectly correlated with positive and negative parenting practices; implied that as children age increased, parent’s positive parenting decreased while parents’ negative parenting increased significantly. Gender (male), showed less positive parenting and high negative parenting. Higher parent’s education and better occupation showed high positive and less of negative parenting.  Likewise, families with more number of children and in lower middle socio economic status showed less positive parenting and high in negative parenting. The predictors of urban parenting practices in the final model explained 43.8 % of the variance in positive parenting and 23.5 % in negative parenting. While for rural parenting practices, the final model explained 28.9% of the variance in positive parenting and 30.0 % in negative parenting.

Keywords:  Positive and negative parenting, Individual, Parental and Familial factors.

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Cite this article: Massar, D. & Patil, P. B. (2019). Factors Influencing Parenting Practices of Adolescent Parents, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 7(6), 91-99. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7766