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Title ROLE OF PARENTING AND COPARENTING IN SOCIOEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

Author(s) Aroosa Fazal

Abstract Parenting refers to the practices that parents or parental figures utilize while nurturing their children. In Pakistan, not only parents involve in nurturing of children but also grandparents play a critical role and ultimately influence the development of children. Present study was conducted to examine the role of parenting and coparenting in socioemotional development of children. Sample consisted of 200 families, mothers and child dyad (girls = 109, boys = 91) aged 11 to 13 years were selected by purposive convenient sampling by visiting families and schools in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Standardized measurement battery was used to measure the study variables. All Urdu translated measures were used in the present study depicted satisfactory and acceptable reliability. Results indicated that parental warmth is positively correlated with positive domain of socioemotional development (social adjustment, prosocial behavior, problem oriented coping, positive affect) and is inversely associated with negative aspects of socioemotional development (emotional symptoms, conduct problem, peer problem, hyperactivity, negative affect) in children. Regression analysis also depicted the same pattern in results as correlation. Moderation analysis revealed that coparenting moderated the relationship between parenting and socioemotional development of children. Results also revealed that boys exhibited higher levels of hyperactivity, and conduct problem. Girls reported higher levels of emotional symptoms and prosocial behavior.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Psychology

Language English

Publication Date 2026-01-21

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