Peer Acceptance Protects Global Self-esteem from Negative Effects of Low Closeness to Parents During Adolescence and Early Adulthood |
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Authors: | Marianne Skogbrott Birkeland Kyrre Breivik Bente Wold |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Health Promotion and Development, The Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Postboks 7807, 5020, Bergen, Norway 2. Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, Uni Health, Uni Research, Postboks 7810, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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Abstract: | Having a distant relationship with parents seems to increase the risk of developing a more negative global self-esteem. This article describes a longitudinal study of 1,090 Norwegian adolescents from the age of 13–23 (54 % males) that explored whether peer acceptance can act as a moderator and protect global self-esteem against the negative effects of experiencing low closeness in relationships with parents. A quadratic latent growth curve for global self-esteem with closeness to parents and peer acceptance as time-varying covariates was modeled, taking partial measurement invariance in global self-esteem into account. Peer acceptance was found to have a general protective effect on global self-esteem for all adolescents. In addition, at most ages, peer acceptance was found to have a protective-stabilizing effect on the relationship between closeness to parents and global self-esteem. This indicates that peer acceptance can be an especially valuable source of global self-esteem when closeness to parents is low. |
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