Younas, Rabia2018-08-072018-08-072018https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/3127Supervised by: Dr. Zahid MahmoodThe present study has been aimed to find the relationship of Perceived Parental Rearing Practices, Self- Concept and Eating Problems. A sample of 300 students was selected through convenient sampling technique, comprising male and female students with the age range 17- 21 and 22 – 25 years with the (M = 20.78 & SD = 1.72). EMBU-A (Gerlsma, 1991) was used to measure the memories of parental rearing behavior. The Semantic Differential (Osgood, 1962) is a scale used for measuring the meaning of things and concepts. EDQ is the students eating problem questionnaire developed by Fairbun and Beglin in 1994.The Correlational results revealed the high positive correlation of emotional warmth father with self concept, mother factor of rejection highly correlated with self concept and high positive correlation factors of eating problems with EMBU-A. Regression analysis revealed that boy’s parental rejection was found positively associated with eating problems. The results in secondary t- test show significant difference in demographic variables. The one way analysis of ANOVA showed significant difference in student’s class and non significant difference in the education on parental issues. Findings support the eating problems shows positive relation with parental factors. Results are discussed in cultural and implicational terms.enEMBU-A, self conceptEating problemsMSThesis