Ho C S, Lempers J D, Clark-Lempers D S
Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames, IA 50010, USA.
Adolescence. 1995 Spring;30(117):117-31.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between economic hardship, family relationships, and adolescent self-esteem in a sample of 387 midwestern families. The results of LISREL analyses showed that economic hardship had an adverse effect on adolescent self-esteem, and that this effect was primarily mediated through the parent-adolescent relationship. The data also indicated that the marital relationship was negatively affected by economic hardship, but there was no direct relationship between parents' marital relationship and adolescents' self-esteem. The findings of this study are consistent with the theory that economic hardship reduces affective parental support and may thus convey a negative appraisal of the adolescent thereby lowering his or her self-esteem.
本研究旨在调查387个中西部家庭样本中经济困难、家庭关系和青少年自尊之间的关系。LISREL分析结果表明，经济困难对青少年自尊有负面影响，且这种影响主要通过亲子关系来介导。数据还表明，经济困难对婚姻关系有负面影响，但父母的婚姻关系与青少年自尊之间没有直接关系。本研究的结果与以下理论一致：经济困难会减少父母的情感支持，从而可能传达对青少年的负面评价，进而降低其自尊。
