Maternal Psychological Control and Self-esteem in Middle School Students: The Mediating Effect of Academic Efficacy

Using questionnaire survey, the psychological control scale, academic efficacy scale, and self-esteem scale of 774 students in Zhangzhou, Fujian, Qingdao, Shandong. Results found a significant negative correlation with self-esteem and perceived maternal psychological control with academic efficacy;There was a significant positive correlation between academic efficacy and self-esteem Academic efficacy plays a partially mediating role between perceived maternal psychological control and self-esteem