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ABSTRACT
Previous literature demonstrates that parental support and parental monitoring play an essential role in adolescents’ social competence and their self-esteem. In addition, the relationship between self-esteem and adolescents’ social initiative has been examined. However, little is known about the underlying mechanism of the associations among parental support, parental monitoring, and social initiative. The purpose of this research project was to examine the role of self-esteem in the relationship between parental connection and adolescents’ social initiative among adolescents in mainland China. Self-report data were acquired for this research project from the 589 adolescents who attended secondary schools in Hangzhou and participated in the Cross-National Study of Adolescence. Results of structural equation modelling indicated that adolescents’ self-esteem mediated the association between paternal, not maternal, connection and adolescents’ social initiative. There was no direct effect between maternal connection to adolescents’ social initiative. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to Dr. William Boone and Dr. Darrel Davis for helpful comments on earlier drafts. We would like to thank them for their encouragement and guidance throughout the project.
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Data availability statement
The participants of this study did not give written consent for their data to be shared publicly, so due to the sensitive nature of the research supporting data is not available.
Correction Statement
This article has been corrected with minor changes. These changes do not impact the academic content of the article.