The relationship between parents' acception, rejection and control levels of their children and children's somatization symptoms

The main purpose of this study is to examine percieved parental acception- rejection/ control levels by children whose parents are married and divorcedand the effects of these perceptions on somatization symptom levels. Participants of the current study are consist of 4.,5., 6., 7., 8. class from several public middle schools in Ankara, Çankaya between the ages of 10-14, 87 girls, 123 boys in total 210 children whose parents are married and divorced. 'Sociodemographic Form', 'Parental Acceptance- Rejection/ Control Questionnaire Mother and Father Short Forms (PARQ/C)' and 'Children's Somatization Inventory- 24 (CSI-24)'were used as a data collection tool. Obtained results of the study revealed that marital status of parents effects dependent variables which means children whose parents are divorced perceived more 'coldness/ lack of affection', 'hostility/ aggression', 'indifference/ neglect'and'undiferentiated rejection' from both their mothers and fathers. 'Mother and Father Forms of PARQ/C' is statistically significant to explain the somatization symptoms as a whole model, but the results have been achieved that marital status of the parents and childrens' acceptance- rejection, control perception levels common effect is not predict the children's somatic symptoms. Also the research results shows that children's somatizastion symptoms increase when parents'socioeconomical levels are decreases, somatic symptoms are most associated with perceived hostility from father, it means, perceived hostility from father increases children show more somatization symptoms, boys percieve more undifferentiated rejection from both parents than girls, boys percieve their fathers as more controller.