Parent-child relationship and dyslexia among children

In India very less researches has been devoted to parents-child relationship and dyslexia among young children. Though the child having dyslexia is entirely depends upon his parents and their relations with him. Keeping this significant factor in mind, the present study is aimed (1) to identify dyslexic children and (2) to explore the effect of parent-child relationship on dyslexic children. For that purpose 100 dyslexic and 100 normal children were selected (7-9 years), from different schools of Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand. After screening process, the Parent-child relationship scale was administered separately on both mother and father of the selected sample. By ‘self anchoring Technique’ the measurement was taken on eleven points for eight dichotomous dimensions of basic parent child relationship. The placement of relations on a dichotomous dimension makes the instrument highly sensitive and differentiating in the context. The result indicates that there is significant difference between parents dyslexic and non-dyslexic children on four dimension of parent-child relationship scale. These dimensions are - Rejection v/s Acceptance, Lenient Standards v/s Severe Moralism, Marital Conflict v/s Marital Adjustment and Faculty Role Expectation v/s Realistic Role Expectation.