Adolescents' assessments of parents and peers: relationships to self-esteem and self-efficacy

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Authors

MACEK Petr JEŽEK Stanislav

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Ceskoslovenska Psychologie/Czechoslovak Psychology
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
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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