Relationships between Korean parenting and Adolescents\' Developmental Outcomes on Self-Esteem and Social Responsibility
AUTHOR : 임정하
INFORMATION : page. 135~151 / 2006 Vol.13 No.1
ABSTRACT
The present investigation examined the relationships between Korean parenting behaviors and adolescent developmental outcomes on self-esteem and social responsibility. Participants were 439 adolescents in two parent families in Seoul and Kyunggi-do. The Korean Parenting Inventory (Lim & Chung, 2004), Self-Esteem Scale (Lee, 1999) and Social Responsibility Scale (Conrad & Hedin, 1981) were used to assess parenting behaviors and developmental outcomes. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Pearson\'s correlation analyses, z-tests and multiple regression analyses. The major findings were as follows; 1) Korean parenting behaviors were significantly associated with adolescents\' developmental outcomes. 2) Parental attention and paternal distrust explained 14% in the variance of adolescents\' self-esteem and that parental discipline, paternal distrust and maternal attention explained 25% in the variance of adolescents\' social responsibility. 3) Paternal parenting behaviors accounted for self-esteem and social responsibility more in late adolescent group compared with those of early adolescent group. In addition, maternal parenting behaviors accounted for adolescents\' social responsibility regardless of adolescent developmental stage or gender.