标题：Relationships among Perceived Social Support,Self-esteem,Parenting Attitudes of Mothers and Children`s Social Competence in Multicultural Families: The Mediating Role of Parenting Attitudes
摘要：This study investigated how perceived social suppor,sl-esteem and parenting atitudes of mothers relates to children's social competence and explored the mediating role of parenting atitudes in multicultural families. Participants were 67 immigrant women and their children aged 4-6. Instruments were the Social Support Scale (Park,1985),Matermal Bchavior Instrument (Lee,1986),Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg,1965) and Social Competence Scale (Doh & Falbo,1994). Data were analyzed by Pearson's Correlation and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Results indicated that social support perceived by mothers related positively to their slf-esteem and positive parenting,and to children's social competence. Mothers' self-esteem related positively to their positive parenting and to children's social competence. Matermal parenting behavior mediated the efects of social support and self esteem on children's social competence.
