Self-esteem: the role of culture, acculturation, perceived parenting style & personality
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- Title
- Self-esteem: the role of culture, acculturation, perceived parenting style & personality
- Creator
- Heena Patel
- Supervisor
- Dr Marina Rachitskiy.
- Date
- 2015
- Abstract
- Background: Self-esteem refers to the extent to which one thinks they are competent and worthy of happiness and success (Mruk, 2006). Research into this topic reveals that self-esteem has a major impact on many areas of ones daily life including: affect, stress and social interaction (Juth, Smyth, & Santuzzi, 2008). Aim: The aim of this study was to detect whether perceived parenting style, individuals culture, their parents culture, cultural congruency, acculturation and personality could predict self-esteem. Furthermore, this study aimed to contribute to the field as novel exploratory research conducted in Britain by detecting relationships between variables. Participants: There were 111 participants aged 20 65 years. (M = 31.41, S.D. = 10.90) of which, 54 were male and 57 were female. There were 75 European participants, 25 Asian participants and 11 Asian-European participants. From these participants, 48 had European parents and 63 had Asian parents. Twenty-five participants were Asian and had Asian parents (congruent), 39 participants were European and had Asian parents (incongruent) and 48 participants were European and had European parents (congruent). Method: Participants were employed through snowball and convenience sampling. They were required to complete an online survey which consisted of Rosenbergs Self-Esteem Scale, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory, a Parenting Style Questionnaire, and a revised version of the Abbreviated Multidimensional Acculturation Questionnaire. Results: It was found that Asian parents were more likely to be identified as having an authoritarian parenting style. Significant positive relationships were found between perceived authoritarian parenting and self-esteem throughout the sample. Self-esteem was predicted only when personality was incorporated into the regression model with predictors perceived parenting style, parents culture, individuals culture, acculturation and congruency. Exploratory analysis demonstrated some correlational relationships between variables. Conclusions: Parenting can vary depending on culture. Developmental outcomes vary with perceived parenting style. Asian parents are more likely to use authoritarian parenting. In some cases, dependent on culture, authoritarian parenting can lead to higher self-esteem. Personality continues to be a significant contributor to predict self-esteem. Further research is needed to investigate whether there are any causal relationships between variables and to what extent personality impacts perceptions of others and the self.
- Subject
- Parenting--Psychological aspects|Parenting--Social aspects|Self esteem|
- Psychology
- Extent
- 117 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- degree
- MSc Psychology
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2015
- Type
- Thesis & Dissertation
- Rights Holder
- Regent's University London & Heena Patel
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation