This Study examined parental abuse and sought to determine if any difference in type were gender related ; it also sought to determine the influence of parental abuse on adolescent adjustment. The sample consisted of 808 adolescents living in Daegu. T...
This Study examined parental abuse and sought to determine if any difference in type were gender related ; it also sought to determine the influence of parental abuse on adolescent adjustment. The sample consisted of 808 adolescents living in Daegu. The findings of this study were as follows : (1) There was a difference in parental behavior. Mothers were more emotionally abusive than fathers - but fathers were more neglectful than mothers. (2) Parental abuse had effects on adolescen t adjustment. Fathers of male adolescents had the greatest effects on the adjustment of their sons ; similary, mothers were the strongest influence in determining the adjustment of daughters.