Title |
Peer Acceptance Protects Global Self-esteem from Negative Effects of Low Closeness to Parents During Adolescence and Early Adulthood
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Published in |
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1007/s10964-013-9929-1 |
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Authors |
Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland, Kyrre Breivik, Bente Wold |
Abstract |
Having a distant relationship with parents seems to increase the risk of developing a more negative global self-esteem. This article describes a longitudinal study of 1,090 Norwegian adolescents from the age of 13-23 (54 % males) that explored whether peer acceptance can act as a moderator and protect global self-esteem against the negative effects of experiencing low closeness in relationships with parents. A quadratic latent growth curve for global self-esteem with closeness to parents and peer acceptance as time-varying covariates was modeled, taking partial measurement invariance in global self-esteem into account. Peer acceptance was found to have a general protective effect on global self-esteem for all adolescents. In addition, at most ages, peer acceptance was found to have a protective-stabilizing effect on the relationship between closeness to parents and global self-esteem. This indicates that peer acceptance can be an especially valuable source of global self-esteem when closeness to parents is low. |
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United States | 3 | 100% |
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Student > Master | 23 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 8% |
Researcher | 12 | 6% |
Other | 27 | 14% |
Unknown | 63 | 33% |
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Social Sciences | 13 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 4% |
Arts and Humanities | 7 | 4% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 3% |
Other | 19 | 10% |
Unknown | 66 | 35% |