The present study aims to examine differences in parenting practices and behavioral problems among adolescent children of parents with psychopathology and without psychopathology. | Parenting Practices and Behavioral Problems among Adolescents of Parents with Psychopathology Role of Adolescents Coping as Moderator parenting Practices and Behavioral problems Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 5 104-121 March 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Parenting Practices and Behavioral Problems among Adolescents of Parents with Psychopathology Role of Adolescents Coping as Moderator parenting Practices and Behavioral problems Fazaila Sabih Riphah International University Pakistan Anis ul Haque National university of Modern Languages Islamabad Pakistan ahaque@ Sana Younas Riphah International University Pakistan sanayounasmphil@ Asia Mushtaq National university of Modern Languages Islamabad Pakistan asmushtaq@ Abstract. Numerous studies suggest that symptoms of mental illness in parents become reflected in family and parent child interactions affecting the nature and quality of caregiving and in turn both short- and long-term child outcomes. Given the paucity of research in this area in Pakistan present study aims to examine differences in parenting practices and behavioral problems among adolescent children of parents with psychopathology and without psychopathology. It also explores moderating role of adolescents coping on the relationship between parenting practices and behavioral problems. Sample included 348 parents and their adolescent children divided into two groups Parents with Psychopathology and without Psychopathology. Alabama Parenting Questionnaire Youth Self Report and Brief COPE were used for data collection. Results indicated that adolescent children having parents with psychopathology have elevated levels of behavioral problems as compared to adolescent children of parents without psychopathology. Results of moderation analyses revealed that problem- focused coping positive coping and religious coping mitigated the potential impact of negative parenting practices .
