Relationship Between Parental Control, Self-Esteem and Primary School Student′s Social Creativity

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the relationship between parental control and late childhood children′s social creativity as well as the mediating role of positive esteem and self-deprecation. Methods: Test of the elementary school students social creativity, parenting control scale, and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used to measure 540 late childhood children. Results: 1)Parental behavioral control was a significant positive predicator of social creativity, while psychological control was a significant negative predicator of social creativity; 2)Positive esteem mediated the relationship between parental behavioral control/psychological control and social creativity.

Key words: social creativity, behavioral control, psychological control, positive esteem, self-deprecation

摘要： 考察父母行为控制、心理控制与社会创造力间的关系、以及自我肯定、自我贬低在其中的中介作用,采用小学生社会创造力测验,父母控制量表和自尊量表对540名5、6年级学生进行研究。结果发现:（1）父母行为控制正向预测社会创造力（γ=0.18）,心理控制负向预测社会创造力（γ=-0.28）;（2）行为控制通过自我肯定的完全中介作用影响社会创造力（中介效应值为0.09）,心理控制则通过自我贬低的部分中介作用影响社会创造力（中介效应值为0.05）,模型的总解释率R²=0.20。

关键词: 社会创造力, 行为控制, 心理控制, 自我肯定, 自我贬低

CLC Number:

B844.1

Man Dahu,Li Yijuan,Zhang Jinghuan. Relationship Between Parental Control, Self-Esteem and Primary School Student′s Social Creativity[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2015, 13(1): 81-86.

满达呼,李宜娟,张景焕. 父母控制、自尊与小学生社会创造力的关系[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2015, 13(1): 81-86.

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