Step parents rejection, peer rejection sensitivity and bullying- victimization among children
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2017
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University of Management & Technology
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The present study explored the relationship between step parental rejection, peer rejection sensitivity and bullying-victimization in children. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a relationship between step parent rejection, peer rejection sensitivity and bullying-victimization in children. And peer rejection sensitivity is likely to mediate the relationship between step parental rejection and bullying-victimization in children. The sample was consisted of 120 children (60 with step mothers and 60 with step father) with the age range of 9-13 years (M = 11.55 , SD = 1.34 ). The data collected from different cities of Punjab using non-probability purposive sampling. Urdu versions of Parent’s Acceptance Rejection Questionnaire (Rohner, 2005), Bully Scale (IBS) (Shujja and Malik, 2011) and Child’s Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (Shujja and Malik, 2016) were used. The results of Pearson product moment showed that Rejection sensitivity is positively correlated with maternal acceptance rejection and bully. Results for step mother revealed that rejection sensitivity had positive significant correlation with bullying, bully and fight. The correlation for step father revealed that total bully had positive significant correlation with bully, victim and fight. Results of direct effect revealed that maternal acceptance rejection was found to be significant and positive predictor of rejection sensitivity. Moreover rejection sensitivity was found to be significant positive predictor of bullying. Rejection sensitivity was found to be significant mediator between maternal rejection and bully. Research finding pave the ways to parents and counselor/clinicians towards the exploration of step children’s bullying behavior.
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Muhammad Faran Ali
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Rejection sensitivity, bullying, step parent rejection, bully, victim, fight, M.phil