Masters Theses

Date of Award

12-2001

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Child and Family Studies

Major Professor

Delores Smith

Committee Members

Michael Lane Morris, Priscilla Blanton

Abstract

This study's purpose was to investigate early and middle adolescents' perceptions of self-esteem, self-efficacy, social support, prosocial behavior, and efficacy to face the future as a function of gender and parents' education. A questionnaire was submitted to 118 adolescents surveyed from a middle school in Knoxville, Teimessee (M = 14). Significant relationships were found among all variables. There were significant main effects by gender for perceived prosocial behavior and perceived overall support. There were significant main effects by parents' education for all five socioemotional processes. There was no significant interaction. There were no significant main effects nor interactions among the support subscales by gender or parents' education. Females reported higher scores than males on perceived prosocial behavior and perceived overall support. Scores for participants who reported their parents' had attended/graduated college were higher than participants who reported their parents' had attended/graduated high school on self-esteem, self-efficacy, perceived prosocial behavior, perceived overall support, and efficacy to face the future.

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