Parenting processes,self-esteem,and aggression: A mediation model |
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| Authors: | Yalçın Özdemir Alexander T. Vazsonyi Figen Çok |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Education, Department of Counseling and Guidance, Adnan Menderes University, Ayd?n, Turkeyyalcin.ozdemir@adu.edu.tr;3. Department of Family Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;4. Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, TED University, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | The present study examined the relations between perceived maternal and paternal parenting processes and adolescent aggression, and to what extent these relations were mediated by self-esteem in a sample of 546 (43.8% males and 56.2% females) Turkish adolescents. Participants’ ages ranged from 14 to 18 with a mean of 15.91 years (SD = .95). Findings supported our hypothesized model of the effect of perceived parenting processes on aggression as being mediated through self-esteem for both maternal and paternal parenting measures. Specifically, self-esteem mediated the relations between parental closeness, monitoring, peer approval and adolescent aggression. Self-esteem is an important individual charecteristic to consider for prevention efforts of adolescent aggressive behaviors, along with key parenting behaviors. |
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| Keywords: | Parenting processes self-esteem aggression adolescents |
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