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The Effect of Parenting Styles on Metacognition and Academic Self-Concept Among Young Adults Pathak, Anubha Sarraf, Seema Rani Khanna, Hema Singh, Poonam Parenting Styles Metacognition Authoritarian Parenting Permissive Parenting Authoritative Parenting The main objective behind this research was to underline the effect of parenting styles on the metacognitions and academic self-concept of young adults. 160 young adults in the age range of 18 to 26 years were asked to share information about their parenting styles and metacognitions. The tools  used for this were the Parental Authority Questionnaire (Buri, 1991), Meta Cognition Questionnaire (MCQ-30, Wells and Cartwright-Hatton, 2004), and Academic Self-Concept Scale by Liu and Wang (2005). The statistical analysis for the data was done by calculating the mean, standard deviation, and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result of the data analysis put forward that father’s permissive parenting style leads to higher cognitive self-consciousness and also effect the total score of metacognitions. In the case of mothers, parenting styles were seen to have no effect on metacognition among young adults. It was also found that parenting styles of neither fathers nor mothers had any significant effect on the academic self-concept of the participants. A significant limitation of this study was the small sample size which was also not representative of the larger population. Future research is needed on these variables to understand the possible positive effect of fatherly authority, as well as the effect of mothers on positive metacognitions, which were not the focus in this study. There also needs to be further research on different aspects of parenting and their effect on academic self-concept.   National Association of Psychological Science (NAPS) 2026-05-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://napsyjournal.com/index.php/ijps/article/view/1 Indian Journal of Psychological Science; Vol. 21 No. 01 (2026) 0976-9218 en https://napsyjournal.com/index.php/ijps/article/view/1/2 Copyright (c) 2026 Indian Journal of Psychological Science https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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The Role of Psychological Capital in Fostering Creativity among Women Entrepreneurs R, Deepa P, Mutharasi Psychological Capital Hope Efficacy Resilience Optimism Entrepreneurship is an important topic for a long time and considered as one of the emerging areas in recent times, especially women entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship gives a new perspective to women’s life that leads to women empowerment. Creative entrepreneurs are found to be more productive and creativity provides a basis for innovation and business growth. creativity is viewed as a significant factor that influence women entrepreneurs achieve success in the dynamic and competitive environment. Over the last decade, research has given the main attention to the positive psychological capacities and women entrepreneurs with strong psychological capacities are considered to be the most valuable resource which creates a competitive advantage for firms. In addition, entrepreneurs with higher psychological capacities tends to be more creative in planning, designing and executing the business operations effectively. Therefore, the current study aimed at analysing the role of psychological capital in fostering creativity among women entrepreneurs. A survey methodology was conducted with 120 women entrepreneurs. The questionnaire contains demographic profile of the respondents and questions related to PsyCap and Creativity using the 24-item Psychological Capital Scale, and the 7 item Zhou and George and Choi et al. Entrepreneurial Creativity Scale. Data analysis was done using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and found that the correlation between psychological capital and creativity of women entrepreneurs is positive and significant. Also, it is identified that higher level of psychological capital enhances the level of creativity and innovation and job performance. The present study contributes to better understanding towards the significance of positive psychological capital and its contribution to Entrepreneurial creativity. National Association of Psychological Science (NAPS) 2026-01-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://napsyjournal.com/index.php/ijps/article/view/2 Indian Journal of Psychological Science; Vol. 21 No. 01 (2026); 182-195 0976-9218 en https://napsyjournal.com/index.php/ijps/article/view/2/1 Copyright (c) 2026 Indian Journal of Psychological Science