Self and Nature: Parental Socialization, Self-Esteem, and Environmental Values in Spanish Adolescents

Emergent research seriously questions the use of parental strictness as the best parenting strategy in all cultural contexts. Moreover, previous research on environmental socialization offers inconsistent findings about which specific parenting practices would be the most appropriate for environment...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-05, Vol.17 (10), p.3732
Main Authors: Queiroz, Pablo, Garcia, Oscar F, Garcia, Fernando, Zacares, Juan J, Camino, Cleonice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behavior
Child
Child development
Childrearing practices
Conformity
Environmental impact
Environmental research
Families & family life
Female
Households
Human influences
Humans
Influence
Internalization
Male
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting
Parents & parenting
Peers
Self Concept
Self esteem
Socialization
Spain
Studies
Teenagers
Values
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Summary:Emergent research seriously questions the use of parental strictness as the best parenting strategy in all cultural contexts. Moreover, previous research on environmental socialization offers inconsistent findings about which specific parenting practices would be the most appropriate for environmental socialization. The present paper aims to examine parents' contribution (i.e., authoritative, indulgent, authoritarian, and neglectful) to adolescents' self-esteem and internalization of environmental values. Participants were 308 Spanish adolescents with 171 females (55.5%), between 12 and 17 years old. The four parenting styles were defined using measures of parental warmth and strictness. Self-esteem was captured with global and multidimensional measures. Internalization of environmental values was evaluated by measuring the priority given to biospheric values. Results revealed a consistent pattern between parenting styles and adolescent self-esteem and internalization of environmental values. Overall, adolescents from homes characterized by parental warmth (i.e., indulgent and authoritative) have higher self-esteem and greater internalization of environmental values than their counterparts. These findings clearly contrast with those obtained in other cultural contexts where parental strictness is essential in achieving well-adjusted children with optimal psychosocial development.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17103732