01885caa a2200193 4500 210629s9999 xx 000 0 und d 2456-6292 Venkatesan, S Hyper-parenting in Children withIntellectual and Developmental Disabilities 2019 Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India 22-34 Volume 10 Issue 1-2 Parenting styles are often measured following Baumind’s theory as authoritarian, authoritative, uninvolved, and indulgent styles. In the contemporary scenario, this approach appears insufficient. There are growing complexities in parenting resulting from socio-cultural inter-breeding across nations. There is a need to address critical problems and issues related to contemporary parenting. This cross-sectional study usesa descriptive survey design to empirically profile taxonomy of prevailing parent practices.The 35-item hyper-parenting domain of the ‘Parental Opinion and Practices Scale’ was administered on 89 parent respondents of children with intellectual and developmetal disabilities. Results show a trend towards hyper-parenting, which is significantly different across socio-demographic variables like gender, or age of the child, parent education, and socio-economic status, as well as size and type of family. The norms, reliability, validity, and item-wise instances of over-parenting are highlighted. The findings have significant implications for parent training programs in the future interests of children with special needs. Assessment. Caregiving. Helicoptering. Latch-key Kids. Taxonomy The Journal of Psychology Interdisciplinary and Applied https://doi.org/10.31901/24566292.2019/10.1-2.196 FJAS FJAS 18052 18052