The Development of Adolescents' Emotional Stability and General Self-Concept: The interplay of parents, peers, and gender

By I. Hay, A. Ashman. 2003

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Gender differences associated with the development of adolescents' sense of general self-concept (confidence and self-worth) and emotional stability (calmness, freedom from anxiety, and depression) were investigated using a sample of 655 adolescents (mean age 16 years). Relationships with parents were important for males' emotional stability but not females' and so this finding challenges the belief that adolescent males are more concerned with establishing independence from parents than females. The research also challenges the notion that adolescent boys are less interested in close personal peer relationships than girls. Same sex and opposite sex peer relationships were more influential in the formation of adolescents' emotional stability than parental relationships. A reciprocal relationship was revealed between general self-concept and emotional stability. Comparing these results with results obtained on the same students 18 months previously (aged 14.5 years), demonstrates that adolescents increasingly transfer their emotional attachment from parents to peers in a process called individuation.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology

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Perceived social support and self-esteem in adolescence (2010, background): “In recent literature parental support and cooperation (Decovic & Meeus, 1997), emotional warmth from parents (Veenstra et al. 2006 ) and relations with parents (Hay & Ashman, 2003) seemed to be the protective factor from the development of dysfunctional self during adolescence.”
The influence of personal networks and social support on study attainment of students in university education (2008, background): “Keefe and Berndt (1996) and Hay and Ashman (2003) have found evidence for this relationship for respectively seventh and eighth grade students and tenth grade students.”
Toward a Transactional Model of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality and Adolescent Psychological Adjustment (2008, background): “Specifically, adolescent boys may not experience relationships with their parents that are as high in quality as are those of girls (e.g., I. Hay & Ashman, 2003; Kenny, 1994).”
The decline of academic motivation during adolescence: an accelerated longitudinal cohort analysis on the effect of psychological need satisfaction (2016, background): “As adolescents grow older, they become more concerned about their position among peers (Gavin & Furman, 1989; LaFontana & Cillessen, 2010) and rely on peers for social comparison and emotional support (Hay & Ashman, 2003).”
Developmental Changes in the Priority of Perceived Status in Childhood and Adolescence. (2010, unknown): “As children become adolescents, they increasingly rely on peers for social comparison and emotional support (e.g., Hay & Ashman, 2003).”
Influence of Perceived Parental Rearing on Adolescent Self-Concept and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Japan (2010, background): “Studies have shown associations between parent relations and various self-concepts (i.e., appearance, school, physical) ( Hay and Ashman 2003; Lau and Leung 1992), and between experiences of parental rejection and low self-esteem (Garber et al. 1997; Wind and Silvern 1994).”