J Korean Acad Child Health Nurs.  2010 Jul;16(3):195-202.

Influence of Parents' Child Rearing Attitudes on Family Cohesion and Self-esteem in Adolescents

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  • 1Department of Nursing, Sahmyook University, Seoul, Korea. kohms@syu.ac.kr

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of parents rearing attitude on family cohesion and adolescents' self-esteem.
METHODS
The participants were 1,299 high school students from Seoul city and Kyunggi Province in Korea. Data were collected using self-report questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficients, stepwise regression with SPSS 14.0 win program.
RESULTS
The major results are as follows. First, parents' rearing attitude was significantly influence to the family cohesion. Second, parents' rearing attitude and family cohesion were significantly affect to the adolescent self-esteem. Third, compare the influence size between the parents' rearing attitude and family cohesion to the adolescent self-esteem, the family cohesion was higher than the parents' rearing attitude.
CONCLUSION
The findings may provide useful insights to researchers who want to develop social support program for adolescents.

Keyword

Child rearing; Family relations; Self-esteem

MeSH Terms

Adolescent
Child
Child Rearing
Family Relations
Humans
Korea
Parents
Child Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
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