Abstract
This study examined the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between maternal rejective parenting attitude and childrenâs leadership as well as identified gender differences in the mediating pathways. The mediating effects of this study were examined after controlling the effect of maternal employment status on rejection parenting attitude and the effect of siblings on the childrenâs leadership. Participants consisted of 330 five- and sixyear-old children (151 boys and 179 girls) and their mothers. Data analyses included t-tests, F tests, Scheffé posthoc tests and Pearsonâs correlation. Structure equation modeling examined the mediating effect of self-esteem. Bootstrapping method was applied to examine the significance of the mediating effects. Gender differences in the mediating effect were examined through multiple group path analyses. The results of this study were as follows. First, self-esteem mediated the relationship between the maternal rejective parenting attitude on childrenâs leadership. Second, there was a significant gender difference in the mediating pathways with a full mediating effect of self-esteem for boys; however, there was only a partial mediating effect for the girls. This study has implication for investigating gender difference in the mediating mechanism of explaining variance in the leadership of preschoolers. The limitations and more implications of this study are also discussed. Keywords: maternal rejective parenting attitude, self-esteem, leadership
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