Role of temperament, parenting styles, parenting stress in social competence and subjective well being among children

Abstract

Childhood involves spurt of growth and development in intricately intertwined biological, cognitive, social and emotional processes. Recent surge of interest has highlighted the role of various factors in social and emotional development of children. Among these numerous factors temperament, parenting style and parenting stress seem to attract avid interest of psychologists, as evidenced by convincing body of research that has been accrued on these constructs. However, not much research has been conducted on these constructs in India. Discerning the importance of these constructs in the overall development of children and the paucity of such research in India, the present investigation was carried out. It endeavoured to assess the relationship of temperament, parenting style and parenting stress with social competence and subjective well being, and also, attempted to determine their relative contribution in Social Competence and Subjective well being.