Mother - Daughter Relationship’s links to Daughter’s Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction

Authors : Selin ONAYLI, Özgür ERDURBAKER

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Doi:10.17066/pdrd.11259

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Publication Date : 2013-09-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study examines the relation of mother - daughter relationship to an adult daughter’s self- esteem and life satisfaction. 426 university students with a mean age of 21.62 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SD= 2.35); participated in the study. Adult Mother - Daughter Questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Satisfaction with Life Scale were administered. The canonical correlation analysis revealed that three indicators of mother - daughter relationship insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(connectedness, interdependency, and trust in hierarchy); and the two indicators of well-being insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(self-esteem and life satisfaction); were significantly interrelated. In addition, the multiple regression analysis showed that connectedness has the strongest relationship with both life satisfactions, and self-esteem whereas interdependency was found to be negatively correlated with self- esteem only. The results were discussed in the light of the related literature.
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