University of the Pacific
Moderating effect of teacher-student bond on the relationship between parent-child attachment and adolescent outcomes
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The current study examined the influence of parental warmth/support on adolescent psychological well-being (i.e., depression and psychosocial maturity), and how the impact of parental warmth/support on these outcomes may differ based on the relationship an adolescent is able to develop with at least one teacher at school (i.e., teacher-student bond). It was of particular interest to explore whether a close teacher-student bond might moderate the effect a parent-child relationship lacking warmth and support has on adolescent depressive symptoms and psychosocial maturity. Participants were a sample of 15-year-old adolescents (N= 815) from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to explore the potential interaction effects of teacher bonding and parental warmth/support on depressive symptoms and psychosocial maturity in 15-year-old adolescents. Results suggested that the teacher-adolescent relationship moderated the impact of parental warmth/support on adolescent depression scores for female adolescents only. The teacher-adolescent relationship did not moderate the influence of parental warmth/support on adolescent psychosocial maturity.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation - Pacific Access Restricted
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Educational and School Psychology
- Year dc:date.available
- 2016
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Sargent, Ella R.
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Linda Webster
Subjects
dc:subject × 13Rights
dc:rightsIdentifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 9781339777986
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1116