The present study investigated the relationship among maternal acceptance-rejection and children psychological adjustment. This study also aimed to investigate association between maternal acceptance and children acceptance, difference between perception of children about maternal acceptance and rejection and gender differences in psychological adjustment of children. The sample consisted of 250 secondary school students aged between 12 to 16 residing in Dhaka City. Among them 125 were girls and 125 were boys with a mean age of 14.19 years (SD=1.1). A questionnaire package comprised of Bangla versions of child version (short form) of the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire both Father and Mother, the child version (short form) of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire, Parental Acceptance-Rejection Questionnaire for Mother. The reliability analysis revealed internal consistency of all four measuring instruments (Cronbach alpha were .71, .84, .78, .83 respectively for Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother, Parent PARQ Mother and psychological adjustment). Independent sample t test revealed significant gender difference in Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and psychological adjustment. Child PARQ (Father) score of female children (M=40.64) is noticed higher than that of male children (M=38.30). Again the mean score of Child PARQ (Mother) of female children (M=43.92) is higher than that of male children (M=39.18). Correlation analysis showed significant association of Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and Parent PARQ Mother with psychological adjustment of female participant (r = .38, .50, .34 respectively). Correlation analysis showed significant association of Child PARQ Father, Child PARQ Mother and Parent PARQ Mother with psychological adjustment of male participant (r = .30, .51, .47 respectively).

The aim of the study was to examine stress management strategies and teachers job productivity in public secondary schools in Ikom Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria: Educational Implication. To guide the study, three research questions and hypotheses were formulated and the ex-post-facto research design was adopted in the study, with a population of 2341in-service teachers. To draw a sample for the study, stratified and simple random sampling techniques were adopted in the study, with a sample 239 in-service teachers, representing 10% of teachers from the population. A researchers’ developed instrument titled “Management Strategy and Teachers Job Productivity Questionnaire (SMSATPQ)” was used for data collection. Validated by experts in Measurement and Evaluation in Cross River University of Technology. The reliability of the SMSATPQ was established with Cronbach alpha reliability and the reliability index ranged from .78-.82 which revealed the consistency of the instrument. The data was analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics and the finding revealed that effective time management, reduced workload, and proper students-teacher ratio significantly relate with job productivity of teachers’in the study area. It was recommended among others that; school managers should adopt the principle of delegation and unity of command is helping to foster teachers’ job productivity.