Abstract

Sabir Sial

This research study has been conducted to find effect of parenting styles on psychological distress among physical handicap adolescence: the role of resilience. Main objectives of the study were to investigate the role of perceived parenting styles in the relationship of psychological distress and resilience among physically handicap adolescents, to explore the effect of demographic variables such as gender and socioeconomic status in relation to perceived parenting styles, psychological distress and resilience among physically handicap adolescents, to examine the role of healthy family relationship in empowering adolescents to coping with stress, trauma, and psychological distress. In start of the study it was hypothesized that, Psychological distress will be negatively correlated with resilience among deaf physically handicap adolescents. Perceived authoritative parenting will be positively correlated with resilience and negative correlated with psychological distress among deaf physically handicap adolescents. Perceived permissive and authoritarian parenting will be negatively correlated with resilience and positively correlated with psychological distress among deaf physically handicap adolescents. Deaf physically handicap adolescents from low and high socioeconomic status will perceive their parents more authoritarian and less authoritative as compare to adolescents from middle Socio-economic status. Deaf physically handicap adolescents from low and high socioeconomic status will show higher level of psychological distress as compare to adolescents from middle socioeconomic status. Boys will perceive their parents more authoritarian and less authoritative as compare to girls. The Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) by Buri (1991) was used to measure parenting style, consists of 30 items. Ten items, the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) Kesler, (2002) was used to measure psychological distress. Fourteen items, Ego-Resiliency Scale by Block and Kreman (1996), was used to measure resilience. From results of this study it was found that, Resilience and parenting style have negative correlative relation, psychological distress is negatively associated with resilience, parenting style and psychological distress have positive correlation, perceived authoritative parenting is negatively associated with resilience, , and negatively associated with psychological distress. It was also found that, permissive parenting is negatively associated with resilience, so is the authoritarian Parenting. There are not significant gender differences in scores of males and females for authoritarian parenting style, middle class parents are more authoritarian then the low and high socioeconomic background, parents from high socio economic class are more authoritative compared to others.