Examination of the relationship between parental attitudes, self-respect and self-efficacy as predictors of subjective well being for adolescents

This study's aim is to analyze the relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being, parental attitudes, self-respect and self-efficacy. In addition, it is examined that whether there is a difference between adolescents' sex, birth order and grade, by their subjective well-being levels, their scores on parental attitudes, self-respect and self-efficacy scales. 2019-2020 high school students in Arnavutkoy, Istanbul are the population of the study. Pearson Moments Multiplication Correlation, Unpaired T Test and One-way Variance Analysis are used in the analysis of data. When the socio-demographic characteristics analyzed, it is found out that male students have higher scores on emotional self-efficacy and self-respect scales than female students; as students' age increase, their scores on Rosenberg self-respect scale increase too. In addition, it is seen that as students' scores on parental democratic attitude and self-respect scales increase, their scores on academic self-efficacy, social self-efficacy, emotional self-efficacy and self-efficacy (total score) increase too. At the same time, as students' scores on parental democratic attitude scale increase, their scores on Rosenberg self-respect scale increase too. The research findings had discussed with the relevant literature. Suggestions had proposed on research findings for further studies. Key Words: Self-Respect, Subjective Well-Being, Self-Efficacy, Parental Attitude