Building Blocks of Love: How Parental Support Influences Teen Relationships and Self Concept

Abstract

Romantic sentiments and attempts to date are signs of adolescence, because dating and love relationships are so important to teens, they talk about them often. Western teens develop intimacy after mastering romantic relationships. A youngster with emotionally supportive parents who love them unconditionally and encourage them as they navigate the world may develop a healthy self-image. Parental interactions also boost teenage global self-esteem. Positive development in children and adolescents is influenced by parenting emotions. The purpose of the investigation was to understand the relation between parental support and romantic relationship along with self-esteem in adolescents. Data was collected from 142 individuals (82 females and 60 males), between the age of 18 and 25, using the Parent- Adolescent Communication Scale (PACS) by Barnes and Olson, Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS) by D. M. Busby and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale by Rosenberg, M. (1965). Correlation between these three variables were seen using Pearson’s correlation. These findings suggest that how well parents communicate with adolescents doesn’t seem to strongly influence the quality of their romantic relationships. Additionally, while there is a small negative relationship between parental communication and self-esteem, it’s not significant enough to draw strong conclusions. Lastly, self-esteem doesn’t appear to have a significant impact on the quality of romantic relationships among adolescents in this study.