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Parental Influences of Adolescent Self-Esteem*

Utah State University

Darwin L. Thomas

Brigham Young University

Boyd C. Rollins

Brigham Young University

Two contemporary theoretical explanations of adolescent self-esteem, symbolic interaction and social learning, were investigated and compared. Special attention focused on the relative effect of selected variables, representing each explanation, on four dimensions of self-esteem. A stratified random sample of 184 families with adolescents provided self-report data. Multiple regression and bivariate analysis resulted in evidence for the general conclusions that: (1) adolescent self-esteem was more a function of the reflected appraisal of the parents than it was of adolescents modeling their parents' self-esteem; and (2) female adolescents were more likely to be influenced by their parents than were male adolescents. In addition, the study suggests that when researchers investigate adolescent self-esteem, it is essential that they take into account its various dimensions, as well as the sex of the parent and the-adolescent.

The Journal of Early Adolescence, Vol. 4, No. 3, 259-274 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431684043010


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