Predictors of Parental Acceptance–Rejection among Adolescents

In the cycle of human growth and development, adolescence is a phase of between the childhood and adulthood. The Parent-Child Relationship is one that nurtures the physical, emotional and social development of the child. The present was aimed to explore the relationship between self-esteem and aggression and depression of adolescents ‘perception of parental acceptance and rejection’. For this purpose a total sample of 450 adolescents. The participants were 16 to 18 years old .The data was collected from private schools of Mandi Gobindgarh and Khanna (Punjab) using the random sampling technique. Parental Acceptance–Rejection Questionnaire (Rohner 2005), Self Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965), Aggression Questionnaire (Buss & Perry, 1992) and Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck et al., 1996) were used to collect data from adolescents. Results and implications are discussed.