A Comparative Study on Parent-child Relationship as Perceived by Parents of Haryana

Abstract

Parent-child relationship refers to the unique and enduring bond between a caregiver and his or her child. The study was conducted in Haryana state purposively. Two districts, Hisar and Bhiwani were selected randomly from Haryana state on the basis of rural female literacy rate i.e. in between 65%. The total sample of 200 adolescent girls and 200 parents (200 mothers & 200 fathers) were selected for the study, thus making a total sample of 600. Family Environment Scale (FES) developed by Moos (1974) was used to measure the socio-economic climate of family as perceived by the adolescent and their parents. Result revealed that in Hisar district, majority of fathers’ and mothers had secure relationship followed by avoidant relationship and disorganized relationship. Result further reflects that, In Bhiwani district, majority of mothers and fathers,opined that they had secure relationship followed by ambivalent relationship and avoidant relationship. Data clearly indicated secure parent-child relationship in majority of the families.