LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 1 January 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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The Effect of Parenting Style of Parents on the Attachment Styles of
Undergraduate Students

Zarina Akhtar, Ph.D.

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Present study was aimed to investigate the effect of parenting styles of parents on the attachment styles of undergraduate students. 200 students with age ranging from 15 to 18 years were selected as sample by cluster sampling technique. All the students filled and returned the questionnaire. After data clearing the final sample consisted of 179 respondents. Parental Authority Questionnaire was used to measure the parenting style of father and mother. Adult Attachment Scale was used to diagnose attachment style of student. Pearson’s correlation was applied to analyze the collected data. Results showed there was significant relationship between authoritarian parenting style of parents and anxious attachment style of students. There was significant relationship between permissive parenting style of father and mother with avoidant and anxious attachment style respectively. Authoritative parenting style has no significant relationship with any attachment style.

1. Introduction

Parenting is a process through which a person exhibits a specific, warm and affectionate behavior towards their infants. Parenting by Weiten and Lloyd (2004) is associated with two dimensions, parental acceptance and parenting control. Parental acceptance is accepting their child and parenting control is strictness of parental standards. In parental acceptance the parents take care of their baby’s food, sleep and other basic needs. Later on when child grows the parental control is employed. In the result of parental acceptance the child since infancy feel strong bounding with them. It is reflected by smiling, crying and cooing. This response of child is termed as infant attachment. Although the attachment is a universal phenomenon, it is not developed automatically. It is the result of parent-infant relationship.

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Zarina Akhtar, Ph.D.
International Islamic University
Islamabad
Pakistan
zarina.akhtar@iiu.edu.pk
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