Global Perspectives on Parental Acceptance and Rejection

<p><i>Global Perspectives on Parental Acceptance and Rejection</i> advances an understanding of the profound and lifelong effects that parental love (acceptance) and the absence of love (rejection) have on human development from childhood through to old age.</p><p>It draws from interpersonal acceptance-rejection theory (IPARTheory) an evidence-based theory of socialization and lifespan development that focuses on the pancultural effects causes and other correlates of interpersonal acceptance-rejection throughout the lifespan. Edited by Ronald P. Rohner and Sumbleen Ali contributions from leading scholars show how few experiences have as wide-ranging significant and predictable consequences for human behavior well-being as experiences of parental acceptance and rejection. Key topics of parental acceptance-rejection include long-term effects in childhood; adult intimate relationships; early life stress; parental alienation; child maltreatment; and forgiveness and vengeance. It also discusses the clinical implications and practical applications of IPARTheory.</p><p>Providing vital information about parenting and human development worldwide this book is essential for researchers students and practitioners in psychology psychiatry family sciences sociology human development and the helping professions.</p>