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Perception of Parental Rejection in Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents

Perception of Parental Rejection in Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents

Autori:

Elena ADUMITROAIE, Ion DAFINOIU

Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 191-203



How to cite this article:

Adumitroaie, E., Dafinoiu, I. (2013). Perception of Parental Rejection in Children Left Behind by Migrant Parents. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala ,42, 191-203.



Abstract:

The separation of children from their parents, who have left abroad to work for a long period of time, may generate the feeling of abandonment and parental rejection, with repercussions on their personality. This is the reason for which the goal of this study was to examine the connection between the perception of parental rejection and psychological adjustment of the teenagers whose parents have left abroad to work. 284 high school students registered in the 9th-12th grades in three different schools participated to the study. Self-report data on maternal and paternal perceived rejection and adolescent psychological adjustment were collected. The comparisons between environments have showed that mother’s migration has the highest impact on the teenagers left behind. The teenagers whose mothers have left abroad feel rejected by their mother, they are more aggressive, and have a lower self-esteem and a negative vision over the world. Father’s migration determines an increase of self-esteem and of the perception of parental acceptance. The most important predictors of teenagers’ psychological adjustment have proved to be father’s aggressiveness and mother’s aggressiveness and warmth/affection.

Keywords:

migration; psychological adjustment; perceived rejection; children left behind; parental warmth.


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