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Sujaritha Magdalin ¹, A. Jelin Rebekah ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Presidency College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The present study investigated the influence of maternal stress on the self esteem of their teenaged children. The study comprised of 60 respondents (30 mothers and 30 of their children aged between 13 and 15) chosen by purposive sampling method. Parental stress scale (PSS) by Berry and Jones (1995) and the self esteem scale by S.Karunanidhi (1996), were used for this study. Pearson's Correlation was used for the analysis of the data collected. Results showed that there was a significant negative relationship between parenting stress and the self esteem of their teenaged children. Results also showed that there was no significant relationship between parenting stress competency, and global self esteem levels of the teenaged children indicating that the competency self esteem and global self esteem remain unaffected by the influence of parenting stress. This finding implies that the ability of the teenagers to perform their scholastic tasks remain uninfluenced by the parenting stress of their mothers.

Keywords

Maternal Stress, Self-Esteem, Children.

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A. Jelin Rebekah ¹

Affiliations
1 Women's Christian College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The present study investigated the influence of maternal efficacy on the psychological well-being of their teenaged children. The study comprised of 60 respondents (30 mothers & 30 o f their children aged between 13 & 15) chosen by purposive sampling method. Maternal self-efficacy scale developed by Teti and Gelfand (1998) and Psychological well-being scale by Carol Ryff (1998) were used for this study. PearsonO's Correlation technique was used for the analysis of the data collected. Results showed that there was a significant positive relationship between maternal efficacy and psychological well-being of their teenaged children. Results also showed that there was a significant relationship between maternal efficacy and the child behavior outcomes such as autonomy, personal growth, self-acceptance and purpose in life variables indicating that the mothers with high levels of maternal efficacy demonstrated adequate competencies which thereby tend to enhance the various dimensions of psychological well-being of their teens such as self-acceptance, autonomy, purpose in life and Personal growth. This finding implies the need for mothers to recognize the influence of parenting competencies which will empower mothers to develop positive parenting skills in order to have an effective parent child relationship and demonstrate high levels of parental competence, which in turn will foster positive behavioral outcomes in their children.

Keywords

Maternal Efficacy, Psychological Well-being, Child Behavior Outcomes.

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