Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Shaimaa E. Basha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Helwan University, EG

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine relationship between Perceived intimate partner Rejection, Behavioral control, negative personality dispositions, and resilience, among married Egyptian couples. The study attempts to find out the role of Resilience as protective factor between negative personality dispositions and Perceived intimate partner Rejection. It also aims to finding the differences between males and females in Perceived intimate partner Rejection, behavioral control, personality dispositions, and resilience. The sample consisted of 233 Egyptian married couples (M=37,85;SD=9,12).(Male=99 with mean of 38.82 and SD= 7.78 and female= 134 with mean of= 37.13 and SD= 9.97). The measures used in this study were: Intimate partner Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (IPAR/ CQ) (Rohner, 2005) translated and adapted into Arabic by the researcher. Adult personality Assessment Questionnaire (Adult PAQ) Rohner (1984)translated and adapted into Arabic by (Salama, 1986), Resilience scale (Wagnild, 2009) translated and adapted into Arabic by (Shenouda&Basha, 2014). The results shows that are significant differences between mean scores of males and females in Perceived Intimate Partner Rejection; Behavioral control; Negative self-adequacy; emotional Instability; Negative world view and Resilience, favoring females. A positive correlation exists between males and females scores in Perceived Intimate Partner Rejection, Behavioral control and their scores on Negative personality dispositions (aggression/ hostility, dependency, negative self-esteem, Negative self- adequacy, emotional unresponsiveness, emotional Instability and Negative worldview). A negative correlation exists between males and females scores in Perceived Intimate Partner Rejection and their scores on resilience. When the effect of resilience, is partialled out, the association between Perceived Intimate Partner Rejection and negative personality dispositions decreased in magnitude for both males and females.

Keywords

Intimate Partner Rejection, Behavioral Control, Personality Dispositions, Resilience.

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Shaimaa E. Basha ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychology, Helwan University, Egypt, IN

Abstract

This study aims to assess the reliability, and validity of the Egyptian version of Intimate partner Acceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire (IPAR/CQ) prepared by Rohner, study were conducted in Egypt. A sample of (N= 151) Egyptian married adults (70 men and 81 women). Ranged from 22 through 60 years (M=38.38, SD=9.546). Results obtained in the Egyptian sample were consistent with other validation studies conducted in the U.S., Turkey, and India, with regard to reliability coefficients for the Egyptian IPAR/CQ scales, the measure's factor structure. The IPAR/CQ is a reliable, and valid measure for assessing the perceptions of intimate partner acceptance-rejection and behavioral control in Egypt, Thus it is a cross culture questionnaire.

Keywords

Intimate Partneracceptance-Rejection/Control Questionnaire, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Theory.

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