This study aimed to explore the levels of emotional abuse methods experienced by school-going adolescents, as perceived by the adolescents themselves. The study was conducted on a sample of 121 third-year middle school students from Moyen des Chouhada in the municipality of El Oued, Algeria. The sample was selected using a comprehensive enumeration approach. Data were collected using the "Parental Treatment Styles as Perceived by Children" scale, focusing on the dimensions of negative parenting (L’Embo). The study employed a descriptive methodology, and the results were analyzed using percentages, frequencies, mean scores, standard deviations, and the t-test. The findings revealed that the level of emotional abuse methods by fathers was low, with an average score of 39.13 compared to the hypothetical mean of 57. Approximately 90.08% of the respondents reported a low level of emotional abuse. The distribution of abuse methods was as follows: excessive interference (43.80%), inducing guilt (33.05%), rejection (24.79%), humiliation (16.52%), harshness (14.87%), deprivation (14.04%), and sibling favoritism (5.78%). Similarly, the level of emotional abuse methods by mothers among the sample was also low, with an average score of 38.65 compared to the hypothetical mean of 57. About 88.42% of respondents reported a low level of emotional abuse. The distribution of methods was as follows: excessive interference (51.23%), inducing guilt (42.14%), rejection (24.96%), harshness (14.04%), humiliation (11.57%), deprivation (9.09%), and sibling favoritism (7.43%). Furthermore, the study concluded that there were no statistically significant differences in the levels of emotional abuse from parents among the sample participants.

Emotional abuse, school-going adolescent.