Open AccessTHE INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADOLESCENTS' SELF-ESTEEM AND PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE
Author(s) -
Marko Romić,
Maja Ljubetić
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
društvene devijacije
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2566-3224
DOI - 10.7251/zcmz0121244r
Subject(s) - self esteem , psychology , scale (ratio) , test (biology) , developmental psychology , descriptive statistics , sample (material) , social psychology , mathematics , statistics , paleontology , physics , chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , biology
Adolescent development is determined by many factors that intertwine, sometimes complementing each other and sometimes negating or cancelling each other out. One of them is the self-esteem which is conditioned by various factors. At the same time, self-esteem significantly determines the ways an individual develops and the extent to which he develops his abilities. Previous research has confirmed the importance of the relation between self-esteem and parental acceptance. This study aims to investigate the relationship between parental acceptance and adolescent self-esteem. The study was conducted on a sample of 401 students from the University of Mostar. In the study, the following instruments were used: a socio-demographic questionnaire, the Quality of Family Interaction Scale - KOBI and the Self-Esteem Questionnaire – SEI. In order to achieve the set research goal, the following methods were applied: descriptive statistics methods and Chi-square test. The obtained results confirmed the hypothesis that the higher the degree of parental acceptance is, the higher the level of adolescents' self-esteem is.