Abusive Parenting in Single Parent and Intact Families as Perceived by the Adolescents

The study was undertaken to document abusive parenting in single parent and intact families in different socio-economic strata as perceived by the adolescents. The sample, consisting of 200 adolescents boys and girls (100 each from single parent and intact families) in the age group of 13–16 years was selected from co-educational Senior Secondary Schools of Ludhiana city. Data were collected by using a personal information sheet, a self structured interview schedule relating to abusive parenting and a socio-economic status scale-Urban (SESS-U). Parents were found to be highly abusive in low socio-economic status families whereas low abuse was more prevalent in middle socio-economic status families. Boys perceived their parents as more abusive than girls.