Parental as perceived by children and its relationship to psychological security among middle school students at Manahil Africa school

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the parental abuse and the psychological security of the meddle school students. To be awareness of the more abusive forms: physical, psychological, neglect, that been used to the students and to show the differences of these forms according to gender parents' educational level. A sample of Manahel middle school students of private education was taken and applied the scale by questionnaire about parental abuse, psychological security. The results showed that sample was suffering of psychological abase more than physical abuse and neglect. The differences in the levels of the abuse were more for male students compared with the females. Also, the significant differences on the scale at psychological security for the malesand the abusive forms showed significant different for the parental level, which showed a relationship between the abusive forms and psychological security that was highly reversible at (α=0.01) level. Therefore, workshops are needed for the parents toward the needs of their children and activate the parental council in the schools, and advise the parents not to use excessive behavioral abuse or to use fair treatment and encourage the children to be independent and responsible for what they do and for future generations.