%0 Journal Article
%T Parenting processes and dating violence: The mediating role of self-esteem in low- and high-SES adolescents
%J Journal of Adolescence
%D 2005
%A Pflieger, Jacqueline C.
%A Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
%V 29
%N 4
%P 495-512
%X The current investigation tested a model in which low self-esteem mediated the effects by parenting processes (monitoring, closeness, and support) on measures of dating violence (victimization, perpetration, attitudes, and perceptions) in a sample of adolescents (n=809; mean age=16.4 years) from both low- and high-socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds. Hierarchical regression analyses provided evidence that low self-esteem partially mediated the link between parenting processes and dating violence, with unique differences observed between low- and high-SES youth. Specifically, in low-SES youth, low self-esteem mediated the relationship between closeness as well as support and dating violence behaviours, while in high-SES youth, it only mediated the relationship between maternal support and dating violence attitudes.   <p> </p>
%G 
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 0140-1971
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2005.10.002