@article{ref1,
title="Parental attachment as a mediator between parental social support and self-esteem as perceived by Korean sports middle and high school athletes",
journal="Perceptual and motor skills",
year="2015",
author="Kang, Sangwook and Jeon, Hyunsoo and Kwon, Sungho and Park, Seungha",
volume="120",
number="1",
pages="288-303",
abstract="This study examined whether parental attachment mediates the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem in Korean middle and high school athletes. 591 sports athletes attending middle and high schools that specialize in sport volunteered. Parental social support and parental attachment had a significant positive effect on self-esteem; parental attachment had a greater effect on self-esteem. In the structural relationship, direct effects of parental social support on self-esteem were weak, but indirect effects through parental attachment were strong. Therefore, parental attachment complementally mediated the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem. Metric invariance was supported for groups categorized by sex, region, and school level, confirming that the model could be applied to various groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5125",
doi="10.2466/10.PMS.120v11x6",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/10.PMS.120v11x6"
}