• Puja Kumari

This study examines parent/child relationships and their possible influence on esteem. The parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and unmatched, are assessed (by child report) and compared to levels of global and specific domains of self-esteem, to determine whether parenting style influences self-esteem in children. Eighty-four children aged 11-12 years of age; male and female were asked to complete three questionnaires. The questionnaires were: Child Report ofParenta1 Behaviour Inventory to ascertain their parent's parenting style; Harter's (1985), Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC), to measure the child's self-esteem and a demographic;: questionnaire. ANOVA and ANCOVA were used to assess the influence of parenting styles on global and specific domains of selfesteem. The results found significantly higher global, scholastic and physica1 self esteem in children of parents pmcticing authoritative parenting style in comparison to authoritarian parenting styles. No signficant results were found for permissive and unmatched parenting styles.

parenting styles, global, self esteem.

"Parenting Styles Influence on Adolescent Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 2, page no.2328-2331, July-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701379.pdf

"Parenting Styles Influence on Adolescent Children", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 2, page no. pp2328-2331, July-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701379.pdf