Parental Treatment Styles (Acceptance/Rejection) as Perceived by Children and Their Relationship to Self-Efficacy Among a Sample of University Students: A Field Study at Laghouat University Fattam, Djamel Boumehras, Zohra Descriptive-analytical method Gender differences Parental treatment style Self-efficacy University students This study aimed to explore the relationship between parental treatment styles (acceptance/rejection) as perceived by children and self-efficacy among a sample of university students. The research was conducted on a sample of 35 male and female first- year students from the arts and sciences faculties. The researcher utilized the descriptive- analytical method to achieve the study's goals and used a questionnaire for data collection. The study concluded with the following results: First, there is a significant positive relationship between parental treatment styles as perceived by the children and self-efficacy among the sample members. Second, there are gender differences in parental treatment styles among the sample members. Third, there are gender differences in self- efficacy among the sample members. Fourth, there are no differences in self-efficacy among the sample members attributed to their field of study. Finally, there are no differences in parental treatment styles attributed to their field of study. 2025-05-06T09:20:48Z 2025-05-06T09:20:48Z 2025 journal article Djamel Fattam, & Zohra Boumehras (2025). Parental Treatment Styles (Acceptance/Rejection) as Perceived by Children and Their Relationship to Self- Efficacy Among a Sample of University Students: A Field Study at Laghouat University. Journal for Educators,Teachers and Trainers, Vol.16(1). 176-189. ISSN:1989-9572 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/103958 1989-9572 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Universidad de Granada