Abstract
This study assessed the relationship of the patterns of
parental acceptance-rejection and paternal authoritarianism
with child abuse and neglect with in Pakistani families. The
degree and type of abuse and fathers’ authoritarian attitude
towards their children was assessed with the help of two
indigenously developed scales, the Child Abuse Scale (CAS)
and the Paternal Authoritarianism Scale (PAS). Parental
Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (PARQ father and
mother forms) was used to measure children’s perception of
parents’ accepting-rejecting attitude. A sample of 200
children (100 boys; 100 girls) ages from 8 through 13 years
old, and their fathers aged from 25 through 50 years old was
drawn from five cities in Punjab, Pakistan. Children were
administered CAS and PARQ; fathers were administered the
PAS. Abused children overall perceived their parents (both
fathers and mothers) to be rejecting; severely abused children
perceived more rejection. The results also revealed a high
authoritarian attitude of fathers, depicting a vital aspect
typical of the Pakistani familial context. Fathers with high
educational levels tended to be less authoritarian, although
fathers belonging to different SES, family sizes, and family
types were equally authoritarian. Contrary to the assumption,
children scored higher on emotional/psychological abuse
than on physical abuse. No gender differences with reference
to level of abuse or type of abuse were evident.
Farah Malik. (2012) Parental Acceptance-Rejection and Paternal Authoritarianism among Abused Children in Pakistan, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 22, Issue 1.
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