A Correlational Study of Emotional Deprivation And Bullying Victimization In Adolescence With Single Parent

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the relationship between emotional deprivation and bullying victimization in adolescents with single parents. It is hypothesized that there is a relationship between emotional deprivation and bullying victimization. Moreover the study investigate the impact of emotional deprivation and bullying victimization on adolescents with single parent. For collecting data two scale was used namely young person schemas (YSQ: Jeffery,2008) and adolescents peer relationship scale (APRS: Parada,2000). Both scales are 6- point Likert scale having 5 and 18 items respectively. Purposive sampling strategy was used to collect data from 150 students of different private and public educational institutes of Gujranwala, age range of 13 to 18 years. SPSS version 27 was used to run analysis.A positive relationship was established between bullying victimization and the emotional deprivation. Such gender differences were observed, with the males showing greater magnitudes. Regression analysis suggests that bullying victimization predicts the emotional Deprivation. Pearson moment correlation, independent sample t-test and regression analysis. Reliability analysis showed high alpha values of both variables. The Pearson product-moment correlation analysis revealed that Emotional Deprivation and Bullying Victimization are highly positive correlate. Regression analysis showed that emotional deprivation does promote bullying victimization.