Parenting Style and Behaviour Problems

Relationship of individual influences other individual. Parenting relationship and behaviour problems are two different measures. The present study is to examine the relationship between parenting style of father and mother having children with mental retardation. The sample size was divided into two groups the first group consisted of 40 students between the age group of 5 to 15 years. The second group consisted of twenty mothers and twenty fathers. Data collection was done by using BASIC-MR (PART-B), Developmental Screening Test, and Multidimensional Parenting Scale. Results of this study revealed that there is no significant relationship between the measures, but they have an effect on each other.