Self-esteem and Interpersonal Relations in Adolescence

Adolescence is a core period of personality development in ontogenesis. The formation of teenagers' interpersonal relations is one of the central developmental tasks in adolescence (R.J. Havighurst). The study reveals the role of the specificity of adolescents' attachment to parents and peers to form teenagers' self-esteem, and the influence of attachment to parents on development of teenagers' interpersonal relations. 161 pupils aged 13-18 years participated in the research. The researchers used the Inventory of Parent Peer Attachment (IPPA) by Armsden and Greenberg [1], the Research Technique of Teenagers' Interpersonal Relations by Sobchik [2], the Self-Esteem Scale Dembo-Rubinstein version by Prikhozhan [3] in the author's modification were used.The study showed that adolescents with different types of attachment to parents had specific features of self-esteem and specifics in their interpersonal relations. The research concludes that the system of attachment to parents is important for developing the psychological well-being of an individual adolescent.