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01-01-2009 | Empirical Research

The Role of Youth’s Ratings of the Importance of Socially Supportive Behaviors in the Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Concept

Auteurs: Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray, Christine Kerres Malecki, Sandra Yu Rueger, Sarah E. Brown, Kelly Hodgson Summers

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2009

Abstract

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between the perceived frequency and perceived importance of social support with youth’s self-concept. Data from a large representative sample of 921 children and adolescents in grades 3 through 12 were analyzed. Results indicated that the relationships between the frequency of social support from parents, teachers, classmates, and close friends with self-concept were significant. However, only the perceived importance of social support from teachers was significantly related to self-concept. Finally, an interaction was found between the frequency of social support and the importance of social support from classmates and close friends on self-concept. These results suggest that self-evaluations of the importance of teacher support may be especially influential for youths’ self-concept, and that the ability to discount the value of support from classmates and friends, when it is lacking, may be protective to the self-concept of children and adolescents.

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Titel: The Role of Youth’s Ratings of the Importance of Socially Supportive Behaviors in the Relationship Between Social Support and Self-Concept
Auteurs: Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray
Christine Kerres Malecki
Sandra Yu Rueger
Sarah E. Brown
Kelly Hodgson Summers
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2009
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9258-3

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