Peer Acceptance Protects Global Self-esteem from Negative Effects of Low Closeness to Parents During Adolescence and Early Adulthood

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 prote...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of youth and adolescence 2014-01, Vol.43 (1), p.70-80
Hauptverfasser:	Birkeland, Marianne Skogbrott, Breivik, Kyrre, Wold, Bente
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescent Behavior Adolescents Adults Behavioral Science and Psychology Child and School Psychology Child development Child Welfare Children & youth Clinical Psychology Empirical Research Female Friendship Health Promotion Health Psychology History of Psychology Humans Interpersonal Competence Law and Psychology Longitudinal Studies Male Males Models, Psychological Models, Statistical Negative Attitudes Parent-Child Relations Parents Parents & parenting Peer Acceptance Peer Group Peer Groups Peer Relationship Peer relationships Peers Personal relationships Predictor Variables Psychological Tests Psychology Psychology, Adolescent Resilience (Psychology) Resistance (Psychology) Risk Self Concept Self Esteem Social Distance Social skills Teenagers Young Adult Young adults Youth
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0047-2891 1573-6601
DOI:	10.1007/s10964-013-9929-1