Influence of Perceived Parental Rearing on AdolescentSelf-Concept and Internalizing and Externalizing Problemsin Japan

摘要

We examined the associations between per-ceived parental rearing, attachment style, self-concept, andmental health problems among Japanese adolescents.About 193 high school students (143 boys and 50 girls,mean = 16.4) completed a set of self-report questionnairesincluding EMBU-C (My Memories of Child Upbring-ing for Children), AQC (Attachment Questionnaire forChildren), SDQII-S (Self-Description QuestionnaireII-Short) and YSR (Youth Self-Report). There seems to bea unique influence on mental health problems from parent–adolescent relations depending on the gender of parentsand adolescents. PLS (Partial Latent Squares Regression)analysis showed that insecure attachments (Avoidant andAmbivalent) and Rejection from parents were predictors ofInternalizing and Externalizing Problems among boys,while all dysfunctional parenting (Rejection, Overprotec-tion and Anxious Rearing) were determinants of theseproblems among girls. Non academic self-concept (social,emotional, and physical) was a predictor of Internalizingand Externalizing Problems. Power of the prediction ofthese problems was greater for girls than boys.