The Mediating Effect of Adolescents’ Self-Esteem in the Relationship between Parental Rejection and Life Satisfaction

Key Points

• The study aims to investigate how adolescents’ self-esteem mediates the impact of parental rejection on life satisfaction.
• Utilized data from 2,438 middle school students transitioning from first to second grade
• Analyzed data using SPSS 23.0 and PROCESS Macro 4.2
• Examined correlations among parental rejection, self-esteem, and life satisfaction.
• Parental rejection showed a negative correlation with adolescents' self-esteem
• Self-esteem demonstrated a positive correlation with life satisfaction
• The direct effect of parental rejection on life satisfaction was not significant, but the indirect effect through self-esteem was significant.

Abstract