Assessing The Influence of Parent-Adolescent relationship on Self-Esteem of Adolescents in Selected public Secondary Schools, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOkang’a, Petronila
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-04T07:37:52Z
dc.date.available2024-11-04T07:37:52Z
dc.date.issued2022-10
dc.descriptionMASTER OF ARTS in Counseling Psychology
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate, (from the adolescent perspective), how their parents related with them in terms of closeness, control and responsibility and the influence of this relationship on their (adolescent) self-esteem. Descriptive research design was used to answer the three objectives of this study which were to explore parents’ relationship with their adolescent children, establish the level of adolescents’ self-esteem, and lastly assess the influence of parent-adolescent relationship on adolescent self-esteem. The study collected data from 161 randomly sampled students aged 13-20 years old from two public mixed secondary schools in Ongata Rongai. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 28.0 was used to analyze descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings showed that both girls and boys were close and were responsible to their mothers. The study found that father-son shared a close relationship than father-daughter, and sons were more responsible to their fathers than daughters. Mothers exerted more control on daughters than sons. Through cross tabulation analysis, this study found that more girls (65%) experienced low self-esteem than boys (35%). The analysis also revealed that more boys (66%) had high self-esteem than girls (34%). More boys (21) had high self-esteem compared to those who had low self-esteem (10). This was opposite to girls whereby more girls had low self-esteem (19) compared to those with high self-esteem (11). The findings suggested that all the three dimensions of parent-adolescent relationship were key factors in determining adolescent self-esteem. A positive relationship between parent-adolescent closeness and adolescent self-esteem was established. Parental exertion of control on their adolescent children was negatively related with adolescent self-esteem.
dc.description.sponsorshipDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.identifier.citationOkang’a, P. (2022). Assessing The Influence of Parent-Adolescent relationship on Self-Esteem of Adolescents in Selected public Secondary Schools, Kenya. Daystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5604
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDaystar University, School of Applied Human Sciences
dc.subjectadolescent perspective
dc.subjectresponsibility
dc.subjectself-esteem
dc.subjectparent-adolescent relationship
dc.titleAssessing The Influence of Parent-Adolescent relationship on Self-Esteem of Adolescents in Selected public Secondary Schools, Kenya
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