Perceived mother and father acceptance-rejection predict four unique aspects of child adjustment across nine countries

• Main Authors: Putnick, Diane L, Bornstein, Marc H, Lansford, Jennifer E, Malone, Patrick S, Pastorelli, Concetta, Skinner, Ann T, Sorbring, Emma, Tapanya, Sombat, Tirado, Liliana Maria Uribe, Zelli, Arnaldo, Alampay, Liane Peña, Al-Hassan, Suha M, Bacchini, Dario, Bombi, Anna Silvia, Chang, Lei, Deater-Deckard, Kirby, Di Giunta, Laura, Dodge, Kenneth A, Oburu, Paul
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2014
• Subjects: Parental acceptance-rejection; behavior problems; school performance; prosocial behavior; social competence; cross-cultural; Child Psychology; Psychology; School Psychology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/50; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1049&context=psychology-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Background It is generally believed that parental rejection of children leads to child maladaptation. However, the specific effects of perceived parental acceptance-rejection on diverse domains of child adjustment and development have been incompletely documented, and whether these effects hold acro...