title: Parental attachment as a mediator between parental social support and self-esteem as perceived by Korean sports middle and high school athletes.
abstract: This study examined whether parental attachment mediates the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem in Korean middle and high school athletes. 591 sports athletes attending middle and high schools that specialize in sport volunteered. Parental social support and parental attachment had a significant positive effect on self-esteem; parental attachment had a greater effect on self-esteem. In the structural relationship, direct effects of parental social support on self-esteem were weak, but indirect effects through parental attachment were strong. Therefore, parental attachment complementally mediated the relationship between parental social support and self-esteem. Metric invariance was supported for groups categorized by sex, region, and school level, confirming that the model could be applied to various groups.
authors.affiliation: 1 Seoul National University.
authors.forename: Sangwook
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Hyunsoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Sungho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Seungha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*