Perceived Parenting Style and Perceived Stress among High School Students of Tribal Community in Wayanad

The core reason of this study was to discover the effects of perceived parenting style on perceived stress among the tribal high school student population of Wayanad. The study also explored how perceived parenting style differ between males and females, how perceived stress differ based on the school grade and also the prominent parenting style perceived by the participants. The sample consisted 100 students. The tools used in this study are Malayalam version of perceived parenting style scale and Perceived stress scale. This study used a grounded theory approach. The study result shows that perceived mothers permissive parenting style, perceived fathers authoritarian and permissive parenting style were not predictors of perceived stress. Whereas perceived mothers authoritative and authoritarian parenting style and perceived fathers authoritative parenting style were predictors of perceived stress. The study results, also showed that there is a significant difference among males and females on their perceived parenting style and there is no significant difference on perceived stress level between 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students. The study results also showed that the prominent parenting style perceived by the participants is authoritative parenting style.