Abstract: The current study revolves around the childhood issues and aims to find whether parental maltreatment impacts the general adjustment, social adjustment and emotional adjustment. The basic premise is the notion that as the parenting quality deteriorates adjustment also decreases. A correlation study was conducted on 15 male and 15 female children studying in English medium schools in Indore. It was found on comparing the Pearson’s correlation coefficient of both adjustment and mothering fathering and parenting that there exists a moderate negative linear correlation among parental maltreatment and different types of adjustment. The study further emphasises that a good atmosphere at home which includes parental support and care can help the children grow to achieve better adjustment at social and emotional front thus lead a better life.
Keywords: Parenting, Mothering, Fathering, Social Adjustment, Emotional Adjustment.
Title: A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF PARENTAL MALTREATMENT ON EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT IN CHILDREN
Author: Ashish Pillai
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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