The Effects of Parental Relationship and Parent-Child Relationship on Adolescents’ Self-Esteem in Divorce Family
The Effects of Parental Relationship and Parent-Child Relationship on
Adolescents’ Self-esteem in Divorce Family
Abstract
Past western researches have shown support on the associations of parental and parent-child relationships towards adolescents’ self-esteem (SE) in intact and divorce families. Some theories attributed that the qualities of these relationships do have influences on how adolescent evaluate themselves. Our research proposal will analyze the effects of these two relationships on adolescents’ SE by conducting a survey.
Research Objective
A study derives a suggestion in terms of whether the qualities of parent-child relationship and parental relationship have effects on the SE of the adolescents who live in an intact family. Higher levels of parental conflict and parent-child conflicts were associated with increases in adolescents' depressed mood, anxiety, and self-evaluation over time. Also, the study clearly shows that adolescents living in intact families with high conflict had significantly poorer SE than those who subject to lesser conflicts. Finally, the effects of the qualities of the relationships did not differ by age and sex, but the adolescents who experienced more negative effects of bad qualities of parental and parent-child relationships. (Mechanic & Hansell, 1989)
The objectives of this research are to find out whether there are significant correlations between parental and parent-child relationships on adolescents’ SE who live in divorce families respectively in Hong Kong’s situation.
There are a number of reasons that justify the need to conduct this research. Since many researches suggested that adolescents’ SE who live in an intact family will subject to the effects of parent-child and parental relationships, the first reason is to help people recognize in what extent the qualities of the relationships have effects towards adolescents’ SE who live in divorce family.
The second reason is that although some past
Adolescents’ Self-esteem in Divorce Family
Abstract
Past western researches have shown support on the associations of parental and parent-child relationships towards adolescents’ self-esteem (SE) in intact and divorce families. Some theories attributed that the qualities of these relationships do have influences on how adolescent evaluate themselves. Our research proposal will analyze the effects of these two relationships on adolescents’ SE by conducting a survey.
Research Objective
A study derives a suggestion in terms of whether the qualities of parent-child relationship and parental relationship have effects on the SE of the adolescents who live in an intact family. Higher levels of parental conflict and parent-child conflicts were associated with increases in adolescents' depressed mood, anxiety, and self-evaluation over time. Also, the study clearly shows that adolescents living in intact families with high conflict had significantly poorer SE than those who subject to lesser conflicts. Finally, the effects of the qualities of the relationships did not differ by age and sex, but the adolescents who experienced more negative effects of bad qualities of parental and parent-child relationships. (Mechanic & Hansell, 1989)
The objectives of this research are to find out whether there are significant correlations between parental and parent-child relationships on adolescents’ SE who live in divorce families respectively in Hong Kong’s situation.
There are a number of reasons that justify the need to conduct this research. Since many researches suggested that adolescents’ SE who live in an intact family will subject to the effects of parent-child and parental relationships, the first reason is to help people recognize in what extent the qualities of the relationships have effects towards adolescents’ SE who live in divorce family.
The second reason is that although some past