摘要：The present study investigated the role of stress in determining quality of the parent-
child relationship. Families for the present study were nuclear families from middle and upper- middle
class where both parents were at least graduate and were working and had one teenaged son and
teenaged daughter between 13-19 years of age. The present study was based on a sample of 400
respondents (100 of each fathers, mothers, sons and daughters). A self constructed socio-demographic
questionnaire, Socio-Economic Scale, Parent-Child Relationship Scales and Perceived Stress Scale
were used in the present study. It was found that mothers were significantly more stressed than
fathers. There were no significant differences in the parenting patterns of low stressed and moderately
stressed fathers, whereas, low stressed mothers were found more accepting and realistic in their
expectations by their sons and daughters. Sons perceived their moderately stressed fathers as
significantly more careless, rejecting and physically punishing while moderately stressed mothers as
indifferent. However, daughters did not differentiate between the parenting of low stressed and
moderately stressed parents.
关键词：Perception. Parent-child Relationship. Acceptance. Realistic Role Expectations. Object
Punishment
