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    Parental efficacy, parental disharmony and emotional behavior problems: Child’s perception
    (University of Management and Technology, 2017) Sana Fatima
    In the current research Parental Efficacy in child's view is described as the children's perception about their parents' capacity to perform ably and adequately in a specific undertaking or setting of parenting. The current study aimed to explore culture specific demands and needs of child from parents in the adolescent period of life and its relationship with perceived parental disharmony and emotional behavior problems. For this purpose, firstly, phenomenology regarding parental efficacy was explored from 12 school students through open ended question that yielded a list of 41 items. After exclusion of repeated items and pilot study, a self-report measure was made having 33 items on 4 point Likert scale which was given to 400 school students with the age range of 12-18 years (M= 14.65, SD= 1.21) along with a demographic questionnaire, Perceived Parental Disharmony Scale (PPDS; Saleem &Amjad, 2012) and School Children Problem Scale (SCPS; Saleem & Mahmood, 2011). Exploratory factor analysis revealed the 3 factor solution of Perceived Parental Efficacy Scale with acceptable level of psychometric properties. Hierarchical Regression Analysis has revealed that having low perceived parental efficacy and high parental disharmony predicts more mental health problems in adolescents. Similarly results were discussed in terms of culture and gender differences with its clinical and counseling application.