Kumari Sristee and Dharmendra Kumar Singh
Central University of South Bihar, Gaya
one of the major portions of the society. Parenting style is one of the keen factor that affects the overall psychological development of an individual. This study was undertaken 1) to prepare the profile of parenting style among tribal adolescents of Jharkhand 2) to see the effect of parental acceptance and rejection (parenting style) on optimism and social maturity and 3) to see if parenting style (acceptance and rejection) predicts optimism and social maturity among tribal adolescents of Jharkhand. 120 tribal adolescents (60 Munda & 60 Oraon tribes) were selected using multi sampling (cluster sampling along with stratified sampling). The study uses comparative, correlational and cross-sectional research design. For collection of the data as a tools Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire, Optimistic-Pessimistic Attitude scale and Social Maturity Scale were used. The data was analysed using correlation, t-value, and Regression analysis. The result obtained by analysing the data showed that parental rejection is significantly negative correlated with optimism and social maturity. Also, parental rejection significantly predicted optimism and social maturity. It can be concluded that negative parental behaviour (parental rejection) leads to significantly low level of optimism and social maturity and negative parenting style(parental rejection) significantly predicts optimism and social maturity in a negative manner..