Associations between childhood disorders and parenting were investigated on a sample comprising of 290 boys and girls in the ages (7–13 yrs), collected from Patiala city. Significant t tests indicated high anxiety and affective problems in girls while boys were found to be higher on conduct problems. Parental connection and regulation were found to be negatively associated with childhood disorders whereas physically coercive, non-reasoning and verbally hostile parenting were found to be positively associated with childhood disorders. Significant beta coefficients for connection, regulation, physical coercion, non-reasoning, verbal hostility and indulgence parenting predicted childhood disorders. The study affirms the importance of parenting in childhood disorders.
Journal of Indian Health Psychology Vol. 1, No. 1, September, 2006