Parent Child Relationship and Risk-Taking Behaviour among Adolescent Females

Dr. Inderpreet Sandhu, Vikramjeet Singh

Abstract: Adolescence can be defined as the period beginning with the onset of puberty and ending at when the adulthood begins. It is a period when prompt physiological and psychological changes demand for new social roles to take place. The Adolescence age is a time of multiple transitions, namely, the transition to puberty and transitions involving parent-child relationships, school, peers, and cognitive and emotional abilities. This period is also characterized by an increase in risk-taking behaviours, e.g. those linked to careless driving, substance use, unprotected sexual behaviour, eating disorders, delinquency, homicidal and suicidal behaviours. Parents are the primary and most influential organization of socialization. It is the family where a child learns basic lessons of social life like control of impulses, pro-social behaviour, empathy, guilt, social interactions, give and take relations etc. Any disturbance in this primary organization can lead to disturbance in the process of socialization. Family environment includes dimension like attachment with parents, trust, communication and alienation with parents. The current research aims to study the risk-taking behaviours of adolescent females in the context of parent-child relationship. For this purpose, Adolescent Risk-Taking Questionnaire (2000), Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment (IPPA) Armsden & Greenberg (1989) and The Children?s Perception of Inter-parental Conflict Scale (CPIC) Grych, Seid, & Fincham (1992) were used to study the association between adolescent females risk-taking behaviour with parental role. Participants (N=300 adolescent females); M (age) =16.01 years) were selected from city-based schools from Punjab. Pearson Product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression analysis were applied to see the correlation between risky behaviours and parent child relationship. The result of the present research indicates that the risk-taking behaviours in adolescent females are positively correlated with self-blame, content of marital conflict, perceived threat, frequency of marital conflict, intensity of marital conflict while negatively correlated with the coping efficacy and resolution of marital conflict. The result also shows that the dimensions of parents trust, parents communication have an inverse correlation with risk-taking behaviour in adolescent females on the other side parent alienation has positive correlation with risk-taking behaviour of adolescent females. The current paper would be helpful in examining and predicting the phenomenon of risk-taking behaviour in adolescent females and thus be of value to the relevant stakeholders.

Keywords: adolescent risk-taking, parent-child relationship, family environment, adolescent females, marital conflict

How to Cite?: Dr. Inderpreet Sandhu, Vikramjeet Singh, "Parent Child Relationship and Risk-Taking Behaviour among Adolescent Females", Volume 14 Issue 10, October 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1267-1275, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR241210080906, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR241210080906