Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the degree of parental abuse and psychological security of the child, as well as the degree differences of these variables, based on the gender, the age and place of residency. The aim of this study also was to detect the relationship between parental abuse and the psychological security of the child. The sample consisted of (207) children aged between (5-10) years, living in the city of Amman and Central Ghor Valleys in Jordan. The validity and reliability of the scales were ensured, as “T” test and means were used in this study. The study findings concluded the following: The degree of parental abuse, physical and emotional, was medium. The degree of psychological security was high. There were statistical significant differences in physical, emotional and total abuse due to place of residency toward children at the Central Ghor Valleys in addition to the children at the city of Amman in security factor. There was negative and significant relationship between parental, and psychological abuse.
Highlights
The childhood stage is considered the most important among the growth stages where the individual personality is developed during that stage as well as his present and future psychological entity and structure were greatly identified
The aim of this study was to detect the relationship between parental abuse and the psychological security of the child
In the United States, for example, experts estimate that two million to four million children are abused each year (Al Ghareeb, 2008), Arabic Studies described as included in the studies conducted by Nu’aysa (2012) and Anani, Khalidi, and Yamani (2012) that there is abuse directed to the child in several forms which are varied in severity from one study to another
Summary
The childhood stage is considered the most important among the growth stages where the individual personality is developed during that stage as well as his present and future psychological entity and structure were greatly identified. The family is classified as the first and the most important human group which provide the care to the child in addition to achieving comfort and reassurance or mistreating him which caused grief, pain and insecurity. The Islamic law established basis for coherent system of family in terms of its entities and functions in order to determine the form of the family, functions and rights of its members and the child’s right to integrated care and protection from violence and abuse (Al-Saud, 2005). In the United States, for example, experts estimate that two million to four million children are abused each year (Al Ghareeb, 2008), Arabic Studies described as included in the studies conducted by Nu’aysa (2012) and Anani, Khalidi, and Yamani (2012) that there is abuse directed to the child in several forms which are varied in severity from one study to another. Hussein (2008) indicated in his study in regarding difficult to determine the size of the phenomenon of child abuse because of statistical information differs between studies and communities because of the difference in cultural and moral framework
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