Self-report questionnaires are used here to measure adolescents' percep
tion of their parents along the dimensions of warmth and control and their
perception of self. The sample consists of 208 Puerto Rican youths ranging
in age from thirteen to nineteen years. As predicted from parental ac
ceptance-rejection theory, results show a significant correlation between
perceived parental warmth and reported self-esteem and self-adequacy.
Contrary to expectations, the data do not support the hypothesized cur
vilinear relation between perceived parental control and reported self-ade
quacy. The joint effects of perceived parental warmth and perceived
parental control turn out to be a better predictor of self-adequacy than
either perceived parental warmth or perceived parental control alone.
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