Parental Pressure, Self-Esteem and Adolescent Reported Deviance - Bending the Twig Too Far

• NCJ Number: 103721
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 21 Issue: 83 Dated: (Fall 1986) Pages: 501-514
• Author(s): A Eskilson; M G Wiley; G Muehlbauer; L Doddar
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Questionnaire responses from upper-status junior and senior high school students show the importance of perceived parental pressure in understanding adolescent self-esteem and deviant behavior.

Abstract

Adolescents who feel unduly pressured to achieve and succeed in school are also likely to have low self-esteem, to report deviant activity, and to feel they are incapable of reaching the goals set for them by their families. (Author abstract)