Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
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Open Access Thesis
Keywords
Parent and child; Self-perception in children; Social interaction in children; Social skills in children;
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to examine the link between parent-child and child-peer relationships. This study tests a hypothesized model suggesting that adolescents' self-esteem, self-concept, and attribution styles mediate the association between parenting attitudes and social competence. The sample consisted of 170 students in the 6th through 9th grades (83 males, 87 females) and 113 of their parents (49 males, 64 females). Student questionnaires were administered in a school based setting and consisted of self-report and peer report measures. Students completed questionnaires regarding self-esteem, self-concept, attribution styles, and peer popularity. Parents responded to mailings and completed a self-report questionnaire about their parenting attitudes. Fathers with high authoritarian attitudes had children with low popularity and preference ratings, but this was not true for mothers. Popularity and social preference ratings were positively related to a child's sense of social acceptance and optimistic attribution styles. Parenting attitudes were not shown to be related to any self-perception variables. Overall, fathers appeared to impact early adolescent children more than mothers, consistent with previous findings.
Year of Submission
1999
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
Helen Harton
Second Advisor
William F. Panak
Third Advisor
Beverly A. Kopper
Date Original
1999
Object Description
1 PDF file (93 leaves)
Copyright
©1999 Michelle Ann Jagodzinski
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jagodzinski, Michelle Ann, "Effects of Parenting Styles, Self-Esteem, Self-Concept, and Attribution Styles on Children’s Popularity" (1999). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 3046.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/3046
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