Vol. 6, Issue 1, Part A (2024)

Adolescence, the transition from childhood to adulthood, is a period filled with many changes and challenges. Due to the rapid growth and development of young people, often encounter emotional, social and or academic changes in their lives. Many adolescents have difficulties in adjusting and coping with these challenges, which leads to some typical adjustment issues encountered by adolescent such as aggression, drug use, anxiety, depression etc. Adolescence is an important developmental period that requires parents and adolescents to renegotiate their relationships (Laursen and Collins, 2009). The transition to adolescence is an important developmental period for both children and parents. The present study contributes to the literature on adjustment problems of adolescent by investigating role of parenting during this transition, are related to adolescent adjustment problems.