| This research compared the parenting behavior of European American and Asian Indian parents according to country of residence and gender. Correlation between the scores of different parenting styles of spouses was also studied. This study also examined if one of the three types of parenting style, i.e. authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive, is correlated with the other two parenting styles of either gender of parents of European American or Asian Indian parents. To determine parenting style, parents completed the self-administered Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire. Both Parents of 20 children from America and 20 children from India participated in this study. It was found that parenting behavior differs significantly due to parent's country of residence and gender. Limited correlation was found between parenting style of spouses. One parenting style was not significantly correlated with other parenting styles except between authoritative and permissive styles of European American fathers and authoritarian and permissive styles of Asian Indian mothers. |
