Parenting attitudes and dimensions as predictors of adolescent behavioural problems in the Indian context: A community-based study.

•Adolescent behavioural problems measured using SDQ in the community was 11.3% per paternal and 13.6% per maternal reports.•Externalizing behavioural problems per paternal reports was 2.3% and per maternal reports, it was 1.9% among adolescents.•Internalizing behavioural problem per paternal reports was 8.6% and per maternal reports, it was 7.4%.•Parenting attitudes and dimensions predicted total difficulties, externalizing and internalizing behaviours among adolescents.