Parental Acceptance- Rejection and Its Relation to Self-Criticism

Abstract

The aim of this study is to exam the parental acceptance- rejection and its relation to self-criticism among secondary school students. As well as Identify the significant difference in the dimensions of parental acceptance- rejection (warmth, aggression, negligence, and rejection) according to the image of (father, mother). In addition, the study aimed to investigate to which the dimensions of parental acceptance- rejection and the image of (father, mother) contribute to predict the self-criticism among secondary school. In order to achieve the aims of the study, a sample of 500 secondary school student (220 male, 280 female) was choose randomly. After processing the data the results found that the sample has not has the self-criticism. Furthermore, the results showed there is a direct statistically significant correlation between (aggression, negligence, and rejection) directed by (father and mother) and self-criticism, and that there is an inverse correlation between warmth and self-criticism (the image of the father and mother). It seems that both aggression and rejection (father's image) contribute directly and statistically to self-criticism among secondary school students,, and with regard to the contribution has proved that (aggression) (image of the mother) only contribute directly and statistical in self-criticism.