Examining the Relationships Between Parental Acceptance-Rejection, Self-liking, and Self-Handicapping in University Students

Abstract

In this study, the relationships between parental acceptance rejection, self-handicapping and self-liking in university students were investigated using structural equation modeling. The sample of the study consisted of 356 students who were volunteers attending Uludağ University Faculty of Education and Faculty of Arts and Sciences.The Mother and Father Forms of the Parental Acceptance Rejection Scale, the Self-handicapping Scale and the Self-liking Sub-Scale were applied to the students included in the study, and the results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. As a result of the research, it was determined that maternal acceptance had a statistically significant effect on self-handicapping (β=.31, p<.05) and father acceptance level had a statistically significant effect on self-liking (β=-.29, p<.05). A positive relationship (β=.56, p<.05) was found between maternal acceptance-rejection levels and fathers acceptance-rejection levels. Keywords: Parental acceptance-rejection, Self-liking, Self-handicapping. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-17-04 Publication date: June 30 th 2022