Perceived Maternal Warmth and Personality Dispositions of High and Low Achieving Girls in Karachi

The present study was designed to see the differences in perceived maternal warmth and personality dispositions of high and low achieving girl students. The Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire (Child PARQ) and the Personality Assessment Questionnaire (Child PAQ) developed by Rohmer, Saavedra, and Granum (1978) were administered on a sample of 119 girl students of class Vll and VIII, belonging to upper strata of the society at English medium schools in Karachi. The t-tests indicated non significant mean differences on Parental Acceptance­ Rejection scale. The mean differences between the two groups of respondents were non significant on Child PAQ scales as well except on Self-esteem, and Self-adequacy subscales. Positive correlations were found between the total Child PARQ (Mother, referent) and total Child. PAQ scores of high and low achieving girls showing consistency with the general assumptions of parental acceptance and rejection theory.