摘要：The purpose of the present srudy was to develop a structural model,of which the effect of parents` psychological control,depressive dispositions,and depression upon the self-esteem of adolescents. The participants were 458 adolescents recruited from high schools and universities (M age=17.4 yrs;SD=1.75) in Seoul and its vicinity. Data were collected through self-reporting questionnaires for adolescents. Firstly,we estimated the hypothesized meditation model which includes paths from parents` psychological to self-esteem through adolescents` depressive experiences and depression. Structural Equation Modeling analysis using AMOS revealed that the hypothesized mediation model yielded an acceptable model fit and all hypothesized path coefficients were found to be significant. Specifically,it indicated that the more parents try to exert psychological control over their children,the more depressive experiences adolescents have and in turn,they had a greater tendency towards becoming depressed and having lower self esteem. It was also found that neither gender difference nor age difference existed in the structural model.
