Parental acceptance - rejection in relation to adjustment andacademic stress among adolescents

Abstract

The foundation of development of individual lies in the womb of the family. In family parents serve as an effective agent of socialization. Parents play an important role on the development of children. It is important for parents especially for mothers to be warm, nonhostile and close to their children in order to maintain quality parent-child relationship. The behaviours of the parents emphasize psychologically, socially, and healthy outcomes for children. In order to understand the processes through which parents influence child development, one must understand the parenting style, or emotional climate within which socialization occurs. Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory of R.P Rohner postulates that children everywhere who come from loving (accepting) families are more likely than children who come from unloving (rejecting) families to feel good about themselves (positive selfesteem), feel competent (positive self-adequacy); have the capacity to freely and nondefensively develop intimate, trusting relationships (emotional responsiveness), view the world and most humans as being benevolent or positive in other ways. Therefore, based on Parental Acceptance and Rejection theory proposed and developed by Rohner, the present research paper aimed at exploring how the adolescent perception of parental acceptance and rejection could be related to their level of psychological adjustment and academic stress.