Page No,255-270
Indranil Maity, Utpal Roy, and Liza Ghosh
University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Emerging adulthood is a crucial transition in the conventional lifespan phases as was
considered cascading and consists of certain hallmark attributes. The purpose of this
study is to (a) examine the psycho-social effects of parenting on emerging adulthoods
(EA) in various aspects- family relationships, social norms, and values, feelings about
lifestyle, anxiety, stress, depression, emotional breakdown, and their coping strategy
and (b) assess the perception of adulthood criteria based on the different groups of EA.
Participant’s opinions are collected from Kolkata and its surroundings taking 605
emerging adults and 21 participants selected for the final thematic analysis (n=21,
Mage =21.76, SD =1.64, Male= 15%, Female=85%) who fill the criteria for thematic
analysis. Results of thematic analysis identify three classes of emerging adults
considering (M age = 21.85, SD = 2.05, Male= 25%, Female=75%), Friendly parenting
+ super flourishing EA (balance life, the capacity of recovery, best-coping strategy,
positive wellbeing), Authoritative parenting + super floundering EA (high stress,
depression, detach from society, dislike social rules, negative wellbeing), Conflicting
parenting + super floundering EA (high stress, anxiety, logical, try to always maintain
good lifestyle). This study emphasizes the importance of the role of parenting warmth
and the extent of its effect on the psycho-social well-being of the EA in the present
context of India