Page No - 224-232.
Rukhsana Kausar and Syeda Rida Kazmi
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
The present research investigated relationship between Parental Acceptance
Rejection and Self-efficacy of Pakistani adolescents. Sample was recruited
from different public sector schools of Lahore, Pakistan and it comprised of 162
adolescents with equal number of girls and boys (Mean age=14 years, age
SD=2 years). Shortened Urdu Versions of Parental Acceptance-Rejection
Questionnaire (PARQ) and General Self-efficacy Scale (GSE) were used for
assessment. Majority of the adolescents rated their parents as warm and less
rejecting. Significant positive relationship between mother and father’s warmth
and general self-efficacy of adolescents was found. There was significant negative
relationship of mother and father’s hostility, neglect and undifferentiated rejection
with self-efficacy of adolescents. Findings revealed no gender differences in
perceived mother warmth, hostility, indifference, undifferentiated rejection and
self efficacy. However, fathers were perceived as significantly more rejecting by
sons as compared to daughters. Findings highlight significance of parental
acceptance rejection in adolescents’ psychological development
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