Study On The Relationship Between Parent-child Triangle Relationship,Self-esteem And Self-differentiation In High School Students

High school is a critical period in the process of personal growth.Self-differentiation and parent-child triangle relationship are two core concepts in Bowen's family system theory.In the family system,the relationship among the individual and the father and the mother is usually presented in a form of a triangular relationship of parent and child.Self-esteem is an important personality trait and an important criterion for measuring mental health.There are many studies about the relationship between parent-child triangle and self-differentiation,parent-child triangle and self-esteem,self-differentiation and self-esteem.but there is not many studies on the relationship among these three.Therefore,the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among the dimensions of parent-child triangle relationship(the scapegoat,cross-generation alliance and parentification),self-differentiation and self-esteem.This study used a questionnaire survey to measure the Parent-Child Relationship Scale,Self-Esteem Scale,and Self-Division Scale for 423 high school students in Harbin City,Heilongjiang Province,and Zhengzhou City,Henan Province.The data is collected through correlation analysis,regression analysis,t-test,variance analysis,structural equation modeling and other statistical methods.Conclusions are as follows:1.The tendencies of high school students in parent-child triangle relationship(the scapegoat,cross-generation alliance and parentalization)are not obvious.The scores of the high school students' parent-child triangle relationship(the scapegoat,the cross-generation alliance and the parentalization)have significant differences in grades.The score about the place of residence between parent-child dimension and parent-child triangle relationship dimension have significant difference in high school students.2.High school students have higher levels of self-esteem,and their self-esteem have significant differences in different family structures.3.High school students have a significant correlation among the dimensions of parent-child triangle(the scapegoat,cross-generation alliance and parentalization),self-differentiation and self-esteem.There is a significant positive correlation among self-differentiation and self-esteem;and a significant positive correlation among parentalization and self-differentiation and self-esteem;and a significant negative correlation between scapegoats and self-differentiation and self-esteem;a significant negative correlation among cross-generation alliance and self-differentiation and self-esteem.4.The parent-child dimension of the high school students' parent-child relationship has a positive predictive effect on self-esteem;the scapegoat and the intergenerational alliance have a negative predictive effect on self-esteem.5.Self-differentiation plays a partial intermediary role in the parent-child triangle relationship and self-esteem,and the three dimensions of the personal triangle relationship(the scapegoat,the cross-generation alliance and the parentalization)have significant indirect effects on self-esteem through self-differentiation.