Develop a Structural Model of Unconditional Self-acceptance, Rejection Sensitivity, Imagine the Future and Childhood Experience of Care in Working Children and Adolescents

One of the global and cautionary intricacies is the child labor phenomenon. Concerning the different consequences of child labor, this study aimed to compile a structural model of unconditional self-acceptance, rejection sensitivity, future expectations, and childhood experience of care. The present research was correlational and pursued a structural equation modeling method. The statistical population of this research comprised the child labor of Yazd and Isfahan cities in 2020. Among this population, a sample of 160 children was selected by the convenience sampling method. The participants answered to Chamberlin and Haaga’s (2001) unconditional self acceptance, Downey and Feldman’s (1996) rejection sensitivity, Mcwhirter’s (2008) future expectations, and Bifulco, Brown and Harris’s (1994) childhood experience of care questionnaires. The findings showed that unconditional acceptance had a negative and significant effect on rejection sensitivity (P<0.05). Childhood experience of care had a negative and significant relationship with future expectations while being positively and significantly related to rejection sensitivity. Likewise, rejection sensitivity had a significant and negative effect on future expectations (P<0.05). The results did not support the direct effect of unconditional acceptance on future expectations. With regard to the results, it can be concluded that improving childhood care, reducing rejection sensitivity, and working on the unconditional acceptance of these children, helped the life enhancement of child labor