Silva, CarlaMartins, Ana CatarinaCalheros, M. M.2024-01-312024-01-312020Silva, C., Martins, A. C., & Calheiros, M. M. (2020). ‘Why do I think what I think I am?’: Mothers’ and fathers’ contributions to adolescents’ self-representations. Self and Identity, 20(8), 1015-1035. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2020.1792338http://hdl.handle.net/10451/62361This study analyzed adolescents’ self-representations construction process, relying on the Looking Glass Self Hypothesis (LGSH), within parent-child relationships – that is, the mediating role of mothers’ and fathers’ reflected appraisals (i.e., adolescents’ perceptions of their parents’ appraisals of them) in associations between parents’ actual appraisals and adolescents’ self-representations. Participants were 221 adolescents, 12-16 years old, and both their parents. The standard paradigm was used to measure the LGSH elements: self-representations were measured with the Self-Representation Questionnaire for Adolescents, which was reworded to measure parents’ actual and reflected appraisals. Structural equation modeling with bootstrap estimation supported the LGSH for all self-representation domains under analysis. Results are discussed considering the specificities of the adolescent-mother and adolescent-father relationships, and the different self-representation domains analized.engAdolescentsLooking-glassSelfSelf-representationsParents' actual appraisalsParents' reflected appraisalsjournal article10.1080/15298868.2020.1792338