Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master's degree, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Educational Psychology, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
Abstract
The present study investigated the mediating role of conditional self-esteem in the relationship between parental acceptance-rejection and students' tendency to risky behaviors. The participants in this study were 283 undergraduate students of Shiraz University who were selected through multi-stage random cluster sampling and responded to the Iranian Adolescent Risk-taking, Parental Acceptance-Rejection, and Conditional Self-Esteem Questionnaires. The reliability and validity of the instruments were verified using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis. Structural equation modeling with bootstrap test was used to analyze the data in AMOS version 24. The results indicated a good fit of the model. The findings from examining the research hypotheses showed that parental acceptance-rejection does not have a direct significant effect on risky behaviors, but it directly and positively predicts conditional self-esteem. The results of the bootstrap test indicated a complete mediating role of conditional self-esteem in the relationship between parental acceptance-rejection and students' tendency to risky behaviors. Therefore, the results show that the family, as one of the most important institutions of socialization, not directly but through the reproduction of beliefs related to social approval, social comparison, or self-esteem in children, creates the basis for their tendency towards risky behaviors.
Keywords
- conditional self-esteem
- Contingent self-esteem
- Emerging adults
- Family. High risk behaviors
- Parental acceptance-rejection
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