Parenting and children's adjustment problems: the mediating role of self-esteem and peer relations. Issue 4 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Georgiou, Nicos A.; Stavrinides, Panayiotis; Georgiou, Stelios
• Is Part Of: Emotional and behavioural difficulties. Volume 21:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 433
• Page End: 446
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Parenting -- self-esteem -- peer relations -- internalizing/externalizing problems; Adjustment disorders in children -- Periodicals; Special education -- Periodicals; Behavior disorders in children -- Periodicals; 371.9305
• DOI: 10.1080/13632752.2016.1236228
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1363-2752

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of parental and personal characteristics on children's internalizing/externalizing problems. Further, this study aimed to examine personal characteristics (self-esteem, peer relations) as mediators in the relation between parenting and internalizing/externalizing problems. In order to address these questions, this study used a cross-sectional design. The sample included 588 pre-adolescents and adolescents (10–14 years old) and their mothers. Children completed the My Memories of Upbringing Questionnaire, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (child report), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Friendship Quality Questionnaire, and the Harter's Self Perception Profile (Social acceptance subscale), while mothers completed The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (parent report). Results support a model for the influence of both direct and indirect effects on children's internalizing/externalizing problems.