Effect of Family Climate on Emotional Stability and Moral Judgement of Children

Examining the Impact of Family Climate on Emotional Stability and Moral Judgement in Children

Abstract

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of family climate on emotional stability and moral judgement of children. For this purpose family climate was measured by family climate scale constructed by Shah and emotional stability was measured by emotional stability test for children constructed by Sen gupta & Singh and moral judgement measured by moral judgement test constructed by Sinha and Varma. The sample consisted of 100 children. 2 x 2 factorial design was used. There were two independent variables the first independent variable was family climate varied at two levels i.e. favourable family climate and unfavorable family climate. The second independent variable was gender varied at two levels i.e. male and female. Two-way ANOVA was used for analyzing the data. On the basis of obtained results it was found that the family climate and gender have significant effect on emotional stability whereas family climate and gender have no significant effect on moral judgment.