Parental Upbringing Styles and Their Relationship with Social Withdrawal Among A Sample of Kindergarten Children: The Forgotten Victim

This study aimed to find out the paternal treatment styles and their relationship with social withdrawal among children whose ages ranged between (4-6) years old. The study sample consisted of (50) male and female children attending Al-Lo’Lo Al-dori Kindergarten in Ma’an City. The analytical method is used to determine aspects of parents’ behavior and aspects of the social withdrawal behavior that formulate the study instrument. The descriptive correlation method is also used to determine the relationship between variables. Results showed that there are differences with statistical significance between parental treatment styles represented in rejection styles, authorization, and over protection; and the social withdrawal, since over protection has occupied the highest level. Also, there are differences with statistical significance between parental treatment styles and gender. Results showed that the level of social withdrawal is high among kindergarten children; especially among males more than females under the same category of social withdrawal. Direct correlation is also found between parental treatment method and social withdrawal. Keywords: Parental Treatment, Social Withdrawal, the Forgotten Victim, Kindergarten’s Child. DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-18-10 Publication date:June 30th 201