Publication details
Adolescents' assessments of parents and peers: relationships to self-esteem and self-efficacy
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | self-esteem; self-efficacy; adolescents; relationships with peers and parents |
| Description | This study investigates how perceived parent and peer/friend relationships influence two aspects of global self-evaluation, self-esteem and self-efficacy, during middle adolescence. The growing influence of friends/peers on self-evaluation was expected, especially on self-efficacy. We also expected a stable parent influence on self-esteem. Also, sex and age differences were assumed. As results reveal, perceived relationships to parents and perceived relationships to friends/peers are two consistent blocks of predictors of self-esteem and self-efficacy. Both aspects of global self-evaluation are higher in older adolescents than in younger ones. Regarding self-esteem, parent variables (warmth and trust) are more influential predictors. Peer/friend variables and age have stronger influence on self-esteem of girls than self esteem of boys. Regarding self-efficacy, the block of friend/peer variables explains more variance than the block of parent variables. |
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