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This study investigates the differences between behaving and misbehaving students in their perception of parents' attitudes. The Parental Attitude Scale (PAS: Sobhi, 1975) was administered to 90 behaving and misbehaving Kuwaiti intermediate school students, of whom 40 were boys and 50 were girls. The results indicated that there were no significant differences between misbehaving and behaving boys in their perception of parents' attitudes. Misbehaving girls in comparison with behaving girls perceived their fathers' attitudes to be higher in negligence and inconsistency, while they perceived their mothers to be higher in negligence, psychological punishment, inconsistency and discrimination attitude scales. These differences were significant at the .01 level. Results are discussed in the light of theoretical and environmental considerations.

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Parental Attitudes and Students' Misbehavior in the Intermediate School in Kuwait

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