Background: Emotional security theory posits that maintaining a sense of protection, safety, and
security is a primary goal for children and adolescents and evaluation of insecurity in the family
system by child can add to the risk of the development of psychological problems. Parenting styles
and child abuse by parents had many effects on emotional security in the family system among
preparatory school students. Moreover, there were negative consequences caused by negative
parenting styles can increase level of child abuse by parents among preparatory school students.
Aim of study: This study aimed to investigate emotional security in the family system and its
relation to parenting styles and child abuse among preparatory school students. Design: A
descriptive correlational research design was utilized to achieve the aim of the study. Setting: This
study was conducted at 4 preparatory schools in Benha city, Qalyubia Governorate. Study subject:
Representative sample of (352) student from first and second preparatory grades students. Tools of
Data collection: Four tools were used: Tool 1: Structured Interview Questionnaire, Tool 2:
Perceived parenting style Questionnaire Tool 3: Child Abuse Questionnaire and Tool 4: Security in
the family system scale (SIFS). Results: more than half of the studied students perceive their
mothers as authoritarian parent, while more than half of them perceive their fathers as authoritative
parent. Moreover, less than half of the studied students experienced moderate abuse from their
mothers, while, more than half of the studied students experienced low abuse from their fathers.
Furthermore, more than half of the studied students had moderate level of total emotional security in
the family system, one quarter of them had high level of total emotional security in the family
system and less than one quarter of them had low level of total emotional security in the family
system. |
