Mother and Father Attachment across Gender in Slum Adolescents

The present investigation attempted to get an insight into mother and father attachment of adolescents living in slum areas as well as to find out gender difference, if any, in their parental attachment. The study was carried out on a sample of 100 adolescents (50 Boys + 50 Girls) aged 13-17 years, from four randomly selected slum areas of Chandigarh. Standardized tool was used to assess mother and father attachment among subjects. The findings revealed that majority of boys were found to have moderate level of attachment with their mothers, while majority of the girls had high level of attachment with them. As far as attachment with father is concerned, both boys and girls fell into moderate category. The findings depicted significant difference in alienation and attachment with mother of boys and girls, with girls having less alienation and more attachment with mothers than that of boys. Significant difference was also observed between boys and girls with regard to communication with father, with girls having more communication with their fathers than those of boys.