Aim: It is important to focus on the early identification of factors that promote children's self-esteem, to foster the healthy development of children with allergic rhinitis. This study aimed to identify the effects of parents' parenting stress, self-esteem, and parent-child interaction on the self-esteem of children with allergic rhinitis.
Methods: Structural equation modeling was used to verify the conceptual model. This study was conducted on 656 children with symptoms of allergic rhinitis and their parents who participated in the 8th Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC). Data collection involved a questionnaire on parents' parenting stress, self-esteem, parent-child interaction and self-esteem of children. Secondary data from the PSKC were analyzed using Actor-partner Interdependence Model. Data were analyzed using SPSS-WIN Version 20.0 and AMOS Version 20.0.
Results: In the high self-esteem group, the father's parenting stress had a partner effect on the mother's self-esteem, while the mother's self-esteem affected her parent-child interaction, which in turn affected the child's self-esteem. In the low self-esteem group, the father's parenting stress affected the mother's self-esteem, the father's self-esteem had a partner effect on the mother's parent-child interaction, and the mother's self-esteem had an indirect effect on the child's self-esteem.
Conclusions: This study was conducted to provide basic data to help understand the interactions among variables related to the self-esteem of children with allergic rhinitis. The findings indicate that the model has utility in developing effective nursing intervention to promote self-esteem of children with allergic rhinitis.
Keywords: child; interaction; parents; rhinitis; self-esteem.
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