BEYOND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PARENTING STYLES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AMONG SCHOOL-GOING CHILDREN IN UTTARAKHAND
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Parenting Styles, Psychological Resilience, Socio-Economic Differences, School-Going Children, UttarakhandAbstract
This study examines the relationship between parenting styles, socio-economic differences, and psychological resilience among school-going children in Uttarakhand. Using an illustrative dataset of 200 children aged 12–17 years, equally distributed between hill and plain regions, the study employs descriptive statistics, chi-square analysis, and comparative techniques. The results indicate that authoritative parenting is the most prevalent style (46%), followed by authoritarian (32%) and permissive parenting (22%). Children experiencing authoritative parenting demonstrate the highest mean resilience score (66.20), compared with permissive (56.40) and authoritarian parenting (52.80). Authoritative parenting accounts for 58.0% of higher socio-economic households and 34.3% of lower socio-economic households. Mean resilience scores are 61.60 in plain regions and 57.90 in hill regions. These illustrative findings suggest that supportive parenting may contribute to psychological resilience beyond socio-economic differences. However, empirical validation is essential because the numerical findings are based on simulated rather than collected survey data.
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