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  • Title: Effects of economic hardship on adolescent self-esteem: a family mediation model.
    Author: Ho CS, Lempers JD, Clark-Lempers DS.
    Journal: Adolescence; 1995; 30(117):117-31. PubMed ID: 7625248.
    Abstract:
    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.
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