Abstract
The current study investigated mediating role of social competence
between perceived stepmothers’ rejection and psychological
maladjustment in stepdaughters living in stepfamilies. For this purpose,
sample was drawn from different private and public schools of Lahore
city through purposive sampling technique. The respondents (N = 141)
exclusively belonged to stepmother families and their age ranged from
10-14 years (M = 12.34, SD = 1.01). Stepdaughters perceived their
stepmothers less rejecting and showed lower level of psychological
maladjustment. Baron and Kenny (1986) approach to test mediation
revealed that social competence partially mediated between
stepdaughters’ perceived stepmother rejection and psychological
maladjustment after controlling the effect of demographics. Findings are
discussed in cultural context.
Sultan Shujja, Najma Iqbal Malik, Adnan Adil, Mohsin Atta. (2017) Stepmother Rejection and Psychological Maladjustment Among Stepdaughters: Mediating Role of Social Competence, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 27, Issue 1.
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