Volume : 1, Issue : 2, DEC 2015

IMPACT OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP ON CAREER MATURITY OF THE ADOLESCENTS OF KOLKATA

Swagata Palit, Susmita Neogi

Abstract

In modern industrial societies, the passage from childhood to adulthood is marked by a long transitional period known as adolescence (Latin word meaning “to grow up”). Of the many different relationships an individual forms over the course of the life span, the relationship with parents is perhaps the most important. Early adolescence marks an important turning point in the parent-child relationship. As the child enters adolescence, the biological, cognitive, and emotional changes of the period spark transformations in the parent-child relationship. Early adolescence is a time during which the child's urges for independence may challenge parents' authority, as the young adolescent strives to establish a sense of emotional autonomy, or individuation. The teen years can be an exciting time as a teen looks ahead to future career choices. The amount of time parents spend with an adolescent, the career choices of the parents and family environment all influence the adolescent's career choices. Against this backdrop, the purpose of the present study was to find out the influence of parent-child relationship on their career maturity. 200 subjects belonging to the age group of 16 to 18 years were selected randomly from the higher secondary schools of Kolkata. A general information schedule and two standardized tests namely, Crite's Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) by Nirmala Gupta (Indian adaptation,1989) and Parent Child Relationship Scale (PCRS) by Nalini Rao (2001) were used for the purpose of data collection. After scoring the responses the data were subjected to statistical analysis in SPSS-16. The descriptive statistics, analysis of variance and multiple regressions were computed. The findings reveal that majority of the sample have average career maturity. Multiple regression analysis indicates that the correlations were positive and significant. Among the different dimensions, parents' love and protection had significant contribution towards the career maturity of the adolescents. These findings have implications in adolescent career counseling.

Keywords

Adolescence, Career Maturity, Parent-Child Relationship.

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