Influence of Positive Parenting Styles on Self-Regulated Learning in Chinese Adolescents Testing the Mediating Effects of Self-Esteem

Abstract

The positive parenting styles and the self-esteem of the parents are two factors that affect Self-regulated learning (SRL). Moreover, the variable of self-esteem is influenced by the positive parenting styles. However, previous studies have investigated only the cross-sectional relationship between positive parenting styles and SRL and that between positive parenting styles and self-esteem. This study explored the relationship between positive parenting styles and self-regulated learning in Chinese adolescents and verified the mediating role of self-esteem in this relationship. The study used the panel data of 1180 1 adolescents (age, 10–15 years) from the 2014 China Family Panel Studies. The main variables were positive parenting styles, self-esteem, and SRL. The results showed that self-esteem plays a partial, but significant, mediating role in the relationship between parents’ positive parenting styles and adolescents’ SRL ability. This study emphasised that self-esteem is a variable that influences the SRL ability. The more active the parents are, the better the SRL ability of the adolescents is. Positive parenting styles have been proven to promote self-esteem development and can affect the SRL ability of adolescents.

Parental Bonding as a Predictor of Self-Regulation, Proactive Attitude and Academic Performance in University Students

“…The findings of the study showed that parental bonding predicts self-regulation, proactive attitude, and academic performance in students. These findings are in line with the previous literature suggesting that strong parental bonding has been proved to enhance teenage self-esteem and significantly influence their self-regulation abilities (Du, Jian, Hua, & Qi, 2021). Moilanen, Padilla-Walker, and Blaacker (2018) studied different dimensions of self-regulation, both long term and short term among the adolescent population.…”

The Effects of Self-Esteem and Academic Engagement on University Students’ Performance

“…The relation between self-esteem and metacognitive engagement has also been verified, as shown in a study by Du and colleagues [ 46 ], who analyzed how students used self-regulated learning (considered a metacognitive strategy) to solve a specific task. Their results confirmed that self-esteem was a factor influencing students’ ability to self-regulate learning.…”

Relationships parental positive parenting and cyberbullying perpetration among adolescents: Role of self-esteem and smartphone addiction

“…Moreover, adolescents' smartphone addiction can threaten psychological well-being, aggravate depression, promote low self-esteem and fear of rejection, and impede interpersonal relationship formation and development [13]. Adolescents who are highly dependent on smartphones and active in the cyberspace for a signi cant amount of time tend to witness or experience victimization by cyberbullying; exposure to such cyber environments enables adolescents to encounter threats such as perpetrators [2].…”

“…Adolescents who are highly dependent on smartphones and active in the cyberspace for a signi cant amount of time tend to witness or experience victimization by cyberbullying; exposure to such cyber environments enables adolescents to encounter threats such as perpetrators [2]. Positive parenting is an important factor that can change adolescents' psychological and behavioral characteristics [13], is closely related to adolescents' smartphone addiction, and can be an important variable to mediate the risk of becoming a perpetrator of cyberbullying [4,16].…”

“…Self-esteem refers to one's self-evaluation of their social role, formed through love, acceptance, and positive interactions by re ecting on social and emotional experiences with signi cant others and their evaluations [12]. Adolescents' self-esteem can change the perception of positive parenting, lead to positive changes in friendship, academic, and school life satisfaction [12][13][14], and play an important role in controlling cyberbullying behavior [11,15]. Furthermore, since positive parenting is an important factor in the formation of adolescents' self-esteem [15], it is necessary to provide evidence for establishing a public health program that can improve adolescents' self-esteem and reduce cyberbullying.…”