Parental Attachment as a Mediator between Parental Social Support and Self-Esteem as Perceived by Korean Sports Middle and High School Athletes. Issue 1 (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kang, Sangwook; Jeon, Hyunsoo; Kwon, Sungho; Park, Seungha
• Is Part Of: Perceptual and motor skills. Volume 120:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 288
• Page End: 303
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Perception -- Periodicals; Motor ability -- Periodicals; Motor Skills; Perception; Psychology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 152
• DOI: 10.2466/10.PMS.120v11x6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-5125

Abstract

This study examined whether parental attachment mediates the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem in Korean middle and high school athletes. 591 sports athletes attending middle and high schools that specialize in sport volunteered. Parental social support and parental attachment had a significant positive effect on self-esteem; parental attachment had a greater effect on self-esteem. In the structural relationship, direct effects of parental social support on self-esteem were weak, but indirect effects through parental attachment were strong. Therefore, parental attachment complementally mediated the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem. Metric invariance was supported for groups categorized by sex, region, and school level, confirming that the model could be applied to various groups.