DETERMINANTS OF PERCEIVED PARENTING STYLE, PARENT ADOLESCENT RELATIONSHIP AND STRESS RESILIENCE AMONG ADOLESCENTS ATTENDING SELECTED HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ERNAKULAM DISTRICT, KERALA

Significant changes in physical, sexual, cognitive, social, and emotional domains occur during adolescence, which may be both exciting and frustrating for kids and their families.The studys objective was to identify the variables that influence adolescents opinions on parenting styles, the bond between parents and their kids, and their ability to cope with stress.A cross-sectional study of 131 adolescents from two distinct schools was carried out. The Connor Davidson Resilience Scale, the structured parent-adolescent relationship scale, and the parenting style scale were utilized. Structured questionnaires were used to gather socio-personal information. According to the studys findings, (a) adolescents most frequently viewed authoritative parenting as a parenting style.(b) The parent-adolescent connection between mother and father did not have significant difference. (c) More than three quarters of the subjects (76.30%) had an intermediate level of stress resilience. (d) The parenting style had significant relation with parent adolescent relationship and stress resilience. (e) The paternal parent adolescent relationship showed no significant relationship with stress resilience whereas maternal parent adolescent relationship showed significant relationship with stress resilience. (6)The study also showed that maternal parent adolescent relationship had significant association with age of adolescents, type of school and place of residence whereas paternal parent adolescent relationship had significant association with age of adolescents. (7) It also pointed that stress resilience of adolescents was statistically significant(p0.01) association with type of family of adolescents.