Perception of parental acceptance/rejection in the context of different socio-economic conditions of growth in primary family/Dozivljaj roditeljskog prihvacanja/odbacivanja u kontekstu razlicih socio-ekonomskih uvjeta odrastanja u primarnoj obitelji

The purpose of the paper is to clarify understanding of connections between socio-economic conditions of growth in primary family with perception of parental acceptance/rejection in childhood. In the survey participated 564 students of final years of study at 12 faculties at the University of Zagreb. The data were collected by retrospective reports of research participants. The aim of research was to identify differences and correlations of family socio-economic conditions and perception of parental acceptance/rejection in childhood. Also, the purpose was to determine if some socio-economic characteristics of family (economic status, education level of father/mother, number of children in family. the size of place of living, importance of religion in family's life, health problems of the child and/or other family members, migration in new environment) could be concerned as predictors of perception of parental acceptance/rejection. Data were processed using methods of descriptive statistics. analyse of variance, t-test and hierarchic regression analvse. The results show that significant predictors of perception of parental acceptance/rejection are: health problems of child and family members, economic status, number of children in family, parents 'level of education and migration of family. Family religion and size. of living place are not shown as significant variables. Results highlight potential risks that derive from socio-economic conditions of primary family and could essentially influence the differences in child's perception of parental acceptance/rejection. The data implicate the recognition of some crucial problems on which is needed to focus future programs of parents' empowerment for qualitative parenthood. Key words: Perception of parental acceptance/rejection, socio-economic conditions. primary family U radu se pokusava pojasniti povezanost socio-ekonomskili uvjeta odrastanja u primarnoj obitelji s dozivljajem roditeljskog prihvacanja/odbacivanja u djetinjstvu. U anketnom istrazivanju je sudjelovah 564 studenata zavrsnih godina 12 fakulteta sa Sveucibsta u Zagrebu. F:tdca r.uprikupljeni temeljem retrospektivnog iskaza sudionika istrazivanja. Cilj istrazivanja je identificirati razlike u socio-ekonomskim uvjetima u obitelji i njihovu povezanost s dozivljajem roditeljskog prihvacanja/odbacivanja u djetinjstvu. Ujedno se zeli utvrditi mogu li se pojedina socio-ekonomska obiljezja primarne obitelji (materijalna situacija, obrazovanje oca/majke, br