Parent-child Relationship and Leadership Style among Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Balanced relationship between parents and their children is one of the factors influencing both their physical and mental health. Researchers have shown that relationship between children and parents and how parents communicate with children are considered to be the most important and fundamental factors among the various factors that affect children’s fostering and healthy character. So, the present study has been designed to explore the parent-child relationship and preference of leadership style employed by undergraduate urban and rural students. Also, the present study examines the relationship between the type of parent child relationship and preference for leadership style among undergraduate students. For this purpose, the sample size comprised of 160 undergraduate students, out of which 80were male students (40 urban and 40 rural) and 80 were female students (40 urban and 40 rural). The tools used were parent-child relationship scale and leadership preference scale (LPS). A significant difference was found between the preference of leadership style among rural and urban students. On the other hand, no significant difference was found between the preference of leadership style among male and female undergraduate students. The results also revealed significant correlation between some of the dimensions of parent-child relationship and preference of leadership style among undergraduate students. The results of present study implicate that some psycho-education or other interventions may serve as avenue to strengthen the child parent relationship and affective leadership education programs must focus on developing people’s relational skills.