Perception of Parental Practices and Acquisition of moral Values in Late Childhood Years

Abstract

MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF newlineAGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY, UDAIPUR newlineCOLLEGE OF COMMUNITY AND APPLIED SCIENCES newlineDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies newlinePh.D. Thesis (2020) newlineTopic: Perception of Parental Practices and Acquisition of newlineMoral Values in Late Childhood Years newlineABSTRACT newlineThe role played by parents is of significance throughout the life span. Parenting newlinerole has its unique characteristics and affects the developmental characteristics of the newlinechildren as they grow. Parents play a vital and the most influential role throughout the life newlineof an individual, specifically from birth until adolescence. They not only fulfill the newlinebiological needs such as physical care, proper food, fresh air, good lightning, enough newlinesleep and recreation but also endow a safe, nurturing and supportive environment in order newlineto foster an optimistic and overall development of the child through guidance, newlinecommunication and interaction between the two generations. When this type of parenting newlineis effective, the norms set by the parents will be internalized by the children. Keeping in newlineview this perspective, the present study was conducted with the purpose to explore the newlinerelationship between parental practices and acquisition of moral values among children newline(9-12 years) belonging to high, middle and low income group nuclear families and newlineresiding in Udaipur city. A sample of 300 students (100 students, i.e. 50 boys and 50 newlinegirls, belonging to each income group) was drawn purposively through a preliminary newlinesurvey in selected schools. The tools on Parental Practices and Moral Value System newlinewere constructed and standardized by the investigator to assess and compare the parental newlinepractices and moral values of children. For assessing the level of parental practices and newlinemoral values in children based on gender and socio economic status, Frequency and newline Percentage were calculated for various selected dimensions. For comparing perception newlineof parental practices and the level of moral values in children based on gender, Z-test for newline