Exploration of Perception of Parenting Styles among Tribal Children

Abstract

The study was carried out on a sample of 120 tribal children selected purposively from Gujjar & Bakarwal Hostels & Schools functional in Srinagar, J&K. The primary objectives of the study were to assess perception of parenting styles among tribal children, to compare perceptions of parenting styles by tribal children with respect to various demographic variables and to check correlation between various facets of parenting styles. For assessment of the parenting styles, the tool developed by Muzamil and Shawkat (2023) was adopted. The main findings of the study are authoritative parenting style has significant positive correlation with permissive parenting style (r= 0.286, P= 0.01); Authoritarian parenting style has significant positive correlation with neglectful parenting style (r= 0.313, P= 0.01) and Permissive Parenting Style has significant positive correlation with neglectful parenting style. Further, male tribal children report their parenting styles to be more permissive and neglectful as compared to female tribal children and the children whose fathers are farmers perceive their parenting styles to be more authoritative than the children whose parents are either labourers, drivers or government employees.