Functional parenting in Pakistan

We obtained information regarding parenting perceptions and psychosocial ad justment from 102 Pakistani young women. Parenting behaviours assessed pert ained to warmth and dominating control, as well as to "training" (proposed by Chao as having relevance in other Asian cultures), and indigenously rele vant items related to religion and shame/honour. Adjustment measures includ ed self-esteem, relationship harmony, and self-perceived health, shown to h ave relevance in other Asian cultures. In two-factor analyses, perceptions of parents' warmth and training behaviours combined into a factor that corr elated positively with adjustment measures, whereas the dominating control factor correlated negatively. In three-factor analyses, perceptions of moth ers' training behaviours predicted variance in relationship harmony, indepe ndent of perceptions of warmth and dominating control behaviours. These fin dings support Chao's views that the dimension of training may play a partic ularly important role in functional parenting in some non-Western cultures