The mediating role of rejection concern in the relationship between childhood neglect experience and aggressive behavior in adolescents

Bishiveh, Sanaz; Akbari, Bahman

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Bishiveh S, Akbari B. (2024). The mediating role of rejection concern in the relationship between childhood neglect experience and aggressive behavior in adolescents. Rooyesh. 13(7), 161-170.
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The mediating role of rejection concern in the relationship between childhood neglect experience and aggressive behavior in adolescents

Sanaz Bishiveh ^*¹

, Bahman Akbari²

1- MA in Family Counseling, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. , s.bishiveh73@gmail.com
2- Professor, Department of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

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The purpose of this study was to determine the mediating role of rejection concern in the relationship between the experience of neglect in childhood and aggressive behaviors in adolescents. The present research method was the descriptive-correlation type of structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the research was made up of all female students of the first secondary school in the city of Soumesara in the academic year 2023-2024. 260 female students participated in the multi-stage cluster sampling method. To collect information from the Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) by Bass and Perry (1992), Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ) by Downey and Feldman (1996), and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) by Bernstein et al. (2003). used. To analyze the data, the method of structural equation modeling and bootstrap was used. The results of the path coefficients indicated that the proposed model predicted a total of 40% of the variance of aggression in the participants and had a good fit. The results showed that the direct effect of neglect experience and rejection concern on aggression was significant, and the direct effect of neglect experience on concern of rejection was significant (P<0.05). The results of this study indicated that the experience of neglect in childhood can increase aggressive behaviors in adolescents; Also, this relationship can be mediated by increased rejection concern.

Keywords: Aggression, Neglect, Rejection, Adolescents.

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Type of Article: Research | Subject: Clinical Psychology
Received: 2024/01/25 | Accepted: 2024/02/15 | ePublished: 2024/10/1