The relationship between marital adjustment, parenting style and self-perception of children from different age groups

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships betwee n marital adjustment, parent-child interaction, academic achievement and se lf-perception of children among different age groups. A Sample of 534 subje cts were selected among elementary school, high school and college students . "Dyadic Adjustment Scale", "Parenting Style Scale", "Self-Perception Prof ile For Children", "Self-Perception Profile For Adolescents" and "Self-Perc eption Profile For College Students" were used for collecting data. The res ults showed significant correlation between acceptance/involvement dimensio n of parenting style and marital adjustment scores of their mothers in elem entary school students. In college students, acceptance/involvement/autonom y dimension of parenting style scores and marital adjustment scores of thei r mothers were also significantly correlated. Hierarchical regression analy sis indicated that marital adjustment significantly predicted the behaviour al conduct and global self-worth subscales in high school students and athl etic competence and parent relationships subscales in college students. It was also found that acceptance/involvement, psychological autonomy and stri ctness/supervision dimension of parenting style significantly predicted dif ferent subscales of self- perception scale in all age groups. The findings were discussed in the context of literature and suggestions were made for f uture research.