Sadia SaleemSara SubhanZahid Mahmood2018-10-162018-10-162015Saleem, S., Mahmood, Z. & Subhan, S. (2015) Perceived Parental Practices and Mental Health Problems: Cross-Cultural Validation of EMBU-C on Pakistani Adolescents FWU. Journal of Social Sciences. 9(1), 44-52 (Sadia Saleem, Zahid Mahmood and Sara Subhan) (HEC Recognized X Category)https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3346This study provides a validation of EMBU-C on Pakistani adolescents. 1279 adolescents were selected through multistage sampling with the age range of 12-18 (M 13.93, SD 1.83). The participants were given a modified version of EMBU-C Muris, Meesters, & van Brakel, 2003), School Children Problem Scale (SCPS, Saleem & Mahmood, 2011) and a demographic performa. The result showed that EMBU-C produced almost similar factorial structure to the original (4 factors).The EMBU-C was found to have satisfactory internal consistency and proved a reliable and valid scale for Pakistani culture. The results revealed the perceived Parental Warmth was found to be a negative predictors and Parental Rejection was found to be a positive predictor of mental health problems (p<0.001). The results are discussed in terms of gender differences and cultural and clinical implication of parental rearing practices.enClinical PsychologyPerceived parental rearing, mental health problems, adolescentsArticle