Psychological Development and Education ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 595-603.

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A Research on the Relationship between Elementary School Students’ Parenting Styles and Social Creativity：the Mediating Role of Self-esteem

ZHANG Jing-huan1, MAN-da-hu1, LIU Gui-rong2, ZHANG Shun1, DOU Fei-fei3, LIN Chong-de4   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014;
    2. School of Teacher Education, Qilu Normal College, Jinan 250013;
    3. Yantai Haiyang Yucai Primary School, Haiyang 265100;
    4. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-11-15

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Abstract: Based on a sample of 548 elementary students, the present study explored the characteristics of children's social creativity, and detected the effects of parenting styles on children's social creativity as well as the mediating role of self-esteem. The result showed that: (1) Significant differences of social creativity were emerged in gender and urban-rural. Girls performed significantly higher social creativity than boys. Students from the rural areas reported significantly higher suitability than those from the urban areas. (2) Canonical correlation suggested that on the relationship between parenting styles and social creativity, opinions exchange and love withdrawal could explain the appropriateness, while choice making could explain the originality. (3) Parental autonomy support was a significant positive predicator of social creativity (γ=0.27), while psychological control was a significant negative predicator of social creativity (γ=-0.29). Self-esteem partly mediated the relationship between parental autonomy support/psychological control and social creativity.

Key words: social creativity, psychological control, autonomy support, self-esteem

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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