TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Parental attachment as a mediator between parental social support and self-esteem as perceived by Korean sports middle and high school athletes
JO  - Perceptual and motor skills
A1  - Kang, Sangwook
A1  - Jeon, Hyunsoo
A1  - Kwon, Sungho
A1  - Park, Seungha
SP  - 288
EP  - 303
VL  - 120
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-5125
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/10.PMS.120v11x6
ID  - ref1
ER  -