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he Relationship between Perceived Parental Psychological Control and Self-Esteem in Elementary School Children: The Mediating Effects of Maladaptive Self-Oriented Perfectionism

  • The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Abbr : KJSP
  • 2012, 9(2), pp.157-174
  • DOI : 10.16983/kjsp.2012.9.2.157
  • Publisher : The Korean Journal of School Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science > School / Educational Psychology

우미경 1 Park, Young Shin 1

1경북대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to investigate the relationship between perceived parental psychological control and self- esteem, as well as to examine the mediating role of maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism, in elementary school children. The participants were 423 fifth- and sixth-grade children in the Daegu and Kyungpook areas of Korea. Children evaluated their mother's and father's psychological control; maladaptive self- oriented perfectionism; and self-esteem in four areas-general, social, family and school. Children tended to display lower self-esteem and higher maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism when they perceived parental psychological control to be high. Those exhibiting high maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism also tended to display lower self-esteem. Maladaptive self-oriented perfectionism partially mediated the relationship between perceived parental psychological control and school self-esteem. These results suggested that high parental psychological control is a poor parenting style for furthering children's healthy psychological development.

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