The current research aims to identify: 1- Experiences of parental abuse among adolescents according to the variables of age and gender. 2- The moral self-image of adolescents according to the variables of age and gender. 3- Correlational relationship between parental abuse experiences and the moral self-image of adolescents. To achieve the objectives of the current research, the researcher adopted the Parental Abuse Experiences Scale (Abdulaziz, 1993). The scale in its final form consisted of (46) items after extracting the discriminatory power and completing the conditions of honesty and stability, as the stability was extracted by the Facronbach method, and its value reached (0.97). The researcher built the moral self-image scale, which in its final form consisted of (42) items, and the stability was adopted by the Facronbach method (0.94). The current research sample included preparatory school students (males - females) aged (16, 17, 18) years in Baghdad governorate for the academic year (2020-2021), and their number is (500) male and female students. After verifying the psychometric properties of both scales and employing the appropriate statistical methods, through the statistical bag (spss), the current research reached the following results: 1- Experiences of parental abuse among adolescents according to two variables: A - There are no experiences of parental abuse among adolescents according to the age variable. B - There are no experiences of parental abuse among adolescents according to the gender variable. 2- The moral self-image of adolescents according to the two variables: A - There is a moral self-image among adolescents according to the age variable. The moral self-image of adolescents exists according to the gender variable. 1- The correlative relationship between parental abuse experiences and the moral self-image of adolescents. It was found from the results that the correlation is not statistically significant between the experiences of parental abuse and moral self-image. In light of the results of the research, the researcher developed a number of recommendations and suggestions that enrich the current study.

Parental abuse experiences- moral self-image – adolescents