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18-07-2021 | Empirical Research

Why is Self-Esteem Higher Among American than Chinese Early Adolescents? The Role of Psychologically Controlling Parenting

Auteurs: Hung-Yang Chen, Janice Ng, Eva M. Pomerantz

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 9/2021

Abstract

Little is known about why American youth tend to have higher self-esteem than do Chinese youth. This research examined the role of psychologically controlling parenting during early adolescence. 825 youth (48% females; M_age = 12.73 years) in the United States and China reported on their self-esteem and parents’ psychological control every 6 months from the fall of 7^th grade to spring of 8^th grade. Both American and Chinese youth’s self-esteem decreased over time, but American youth consistently had higher self-esteem. American parents were less psychologically controlling than were Chinese parents who, unlike American parents, became more psychologically controlling over time. These differences in psychologically controlling parenting contributed to the tendency for American youth to have higher self-esteem than their Chinese counterparts.

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Titel: Why is Self-Esteem Higher Among American than Chinese Early Adolescents? The Role of Psychologically Controlling Parenting
Auteurs: Hung-Yang Chen
Janice Ng
Eva M. Pomerantz
Publicatiedatum: 18-07-2021
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 9/2021
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01474-4

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