Impact of parenting practices on behavioral problems of rural and urban preschool children of Dharwad district, Karnataka, India
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https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv10n3-081Keywords:
parental relationship, parenting practices, attachment, behavioral problemAbstract
Children who are securely attached to their parents are provided a solid foundation for healthy development while young children who are not securely attached may develop behavioral problems. In order to investigate the impact of parenting practices on behavioral problems among preschool children, a study was conducted on rural and urban locality preschoolers of Dharwad district of Karnataka state in India. A multi stage random sampling method was employed where three talukas out of five were randomly selected from Dharwad district and from these selected talukas, two villages each were selected. A total of ten anganwadi’s from five villages with 213 children and from six urban anganwadi’s from three cities of the selected talukas with 121 children formed the sample. The occurrence of behavioral problems was studied on 334 preschoolers while the impact of parenting practices on behavioral problems was carried out on a sub sample of 206 children nominated by teachers and peers. The occurrence of behavioral problems was assessed by administering the Child Behavior Checklist, revealed that, 47.0 percent of preschoolers were in the borderline and 13.8 percent were in the clinical range for behavioral problems. To assess the parenting practices, the Parenting Relationship Questionnaire was administered on parents. As per the results, the significant association was observed between parental attachment and involvement among parents of both rural and urban localities where majority of rural parents exhibited average attachment and involvement than urban parents. Significant association was found between rural parents’ disciplinary practices with preschool child’s behavioral problems but not with parental attachment, involvement, confidence and relational frustration while among urban parents, parental involvement was significantly associated with behavioral problems of their children but not with parents’ disciplinary practices, parental attachment, confidence and relational frustration. Hence, the parental attachment and involvement can be utilized as a mitigating factor for management of behavioral problems among young children. The parent counseling sessions and awareness programmes can help parents to manage their child’s negative behavior and also to establish a strong bonding with their children.
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