Parental acceptance-rejection

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between maternal acceptance-rejection and self-evaluation and the relation between acceptance-rejection and perceived control of tC1e child in Turkish c.hildren. Maternal employment. social class and sex difference were also considered in order to gain deeper knowledge of the perceived maternal acceptance-rejection and perceived maternal control of the child.One hundred and twenty elementary school students constituted the sample of this study. The sample were divided into two groups according to the social class (upper middle vs. lower class) and the employment status of the mothers (working vs, non working). The subjects also were matched for sex. Rohner's(1983) Parental Acceptance Rejection questionnaire (Child PARQ) was used in order to measure perceived acceptance-rejection. Rohner's(1983) Personality Assessment Questionnaire was used to measure self-evaluation of the child. Only the negative self-evaluation subscale of PAQ was considered in our investigation.