Family Environment and Problem Behavior of Children with and without Mental Retardation

The present study aimed to examine the family environment as perceived by the parents and its impact on the problem behaviors exhibited by children. It was a comparative study which was done between two groups of parents. The first group included parents of children with mental retardation and the second group had parents with children with no disability. The family environment measured different domains of the family and how the score of each domain in both the groups varied from each other. The problem behavior checklist assessed the behavior and conduct problems shown by children of both the groups. The results indicated a clear difference in the families of both the groups. It was also analyzed that children with Mental Retardation exhibited more behavioral problems.