International Journal of Education and Psychological Research

(Print and Online Peer Reviewed Journal)


Print - ISSN: 2349 - 0853
e - ISSN: 2279 - 0179

VOLUME 1 - ISSUE 2

(June 2012)

Strict Parenting on Mental Ability of School Going Adolescents


Authors: Dr. Prakash Chandra Jena

Pages: 13-17

Abstract:

The present study is a descriptive one. The main purpose of the research is to study strict parenting on mental ability of school going adolescents and was conducted in Jalandhar district of Punjab. The investigator had taken 300 school going adolescents (175 from rural and175 from urban) from 30 secondary schools (15 from rural and 15 from urban) by using stratified random sampling technique. For collection of data the investigator used General Mental Ability Test by S. Jelota and Scale for Measuring Strict Parenting Pattern constructed and standardized by the investigator. For analysis and interpretation of the data t-test and Product Moment Correlation were used. The findings of the study were; no significant difference in the cognitive abilities of urban school going adolescent boys and girl, there exists significant difference in the cognitive abilities of urban school going adolescent boys and girls, there exists as positive but negligible correlation between strict parenting and the cognitive abilities of rural school going adolescents and there exists positive correlation between strict parenting and the cognitive abilities of urban school going adolescents.