Emotional Stability among Adolescents in Relation to Parent Child Relationship

Abstract

An attempt is made to study the emotional stability among adolescents in relation to parent child relationship of different schools of Ludhiana district of Punjab. The sample of present study consists of 200 adolescents (100 boys and girls) of government and private secondary schools. The data was collected with the help of tools i.e. Parent Child Relationship Scale (PCRS) developed by Nalini Rao (2005) and Emotional Stability Test (ESTC) developed by Dr. A. Sen Gupta and Dr. A.K. Singh (2005). Coefficient of correlation technique used to find the relationship and result indicated that out of the ten dimensions of Parent child Relationship, relationship of emotional stability with six dimensions of parent child relationship i.e. Symbolic Punishment, Rejecting, Object Punishment, Demanding, Indifferent, Symbolic Reward is positive and significant. However no significant relationship was found between Protecting, Loving, Object Reward and Neglecting dimensions of parent child relationship and emotional stability of adolescents.