The Relationship Between Parent-Adolescent Relationships and Emotional Abuse.

OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between parent-adolescent relationships and emotional abuse.

METHOD: The research was conducted with 400 adolescents between 25.11.2023 and 25.03.2024. Adolescents in one school were included in the study by simple random sampling method. Data were collected with AMFRI and EAQ and a questionnaire regarding the demographic structure of adolescents. ANOVA, t-test and correlation analysis were used to analyze the data of the study.

RESULTS

The average score of the adolescents from the Emotional Abuse Questionnaire was 30.43 ± 23.11 and the total average score received from the Adolescent-Mother, Father Relationship Inventory was 126.22 ± 24.57 for their mothers and 133.38 ± 32.36 for their fathers. It was determined that there was a moderate negative relationship between EAQ and its sub-scales and AMFRI (mother) score averages. It was determined that there was a weak negative relationship between EAQ and its sub-scales and AMFRI (father) score averages.

CONCLUSION

Emotional abuse scores of adolescents were found to be high and parental relationships were evaluated as inadequate. Adolescents' experiences of emotional abuse and parental relationships were found to be related to each other.