Predictors of adolescent students’ psychological problems: The mediating role of paternal rejection in Turkish Cypriot sample

Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 14, Issue 3

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the mediating role of paternal rejection (hostility, neglect, undifferentiated rejection and control) on the association between maternal rejection and psychological problems (depression, anxiety, negative self, hostility and somatization) on adolescents. The sample was consist of 200 adolescents whose ranged in age from 15 to 18 years (M age 16.59 years, SD = 0.63 years) in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The demographic information relating to the 68% (n=136) female and 32% (n=64) male sample was presented. The Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire and Brief Symptom Inventory were administered to the sample group. Perceived undifferentiated rejection from mother as a predictor of depression, anxiety, somatization and negative-self scores. Perceived warmth from father as a predictor of hostility. There was a negative relationship between warmth from father and hostility scores of adolescents’. In addition, warmth form father was a mediation effect on the perceived undifferentiated rejection from mother related to depression, anxiety and hostility.

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Cemaliye Direktör

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Cemaliye Direktör (2017). Predictors of adolescent students’ psychological problems: The mediating role of paternal rejection in Turkish Cypriot sample. Journal of Human Sciences, 14(3), 2653-2665. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-643873