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Perceived Parenting, Self-Esteem, and General Self-Efficacy of Iranian American Adolescents

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We examined whether Iranian American adolescents’ perceptions of parental support, parental knowledge, and parental psychological control relate to general self-efficacy directly, and indirectly through positive esteem and self-deprecation. To investigate this, self-report surveys were collected from 158 Iranian American adolescents attending Iranian American youth groups, Armenian private school, and one public school. Results indicated that positive esteem, self-deprecation, mother and father knowledge, and mother and father psychological control were directly related to general self-efficacy. Furthermore, the parenting variables were indirectly related to general self-efficacy through either positive esteem or self-deprecation.

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Frank, G., Plunkett, S.W. & Otten, M.P. Perceived Parenting, Self-Esteem, and General Self-Efficacy of Iranian American Adolescents. J Child Fam Stud 19, 738–746 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-010-9363-x

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