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Introduction: Mothers play an important role in the development of their daughter's self-esteem. This study aimed to examine the correlation between mother-daughter relationship and daughter self-esteem in female college student at Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya.
Methods: This was an analytic cross-sectional study. Mother-daughter relationship was measured by mother-adult daughter questionnaire (MADQ). The self-esteem was measured by Rosenberg self-esteem scale (RSES).
Results: Connectedness and interdependency subscale in the mother-daughter relationship had significant correlation to daughter's self-esteem (p = 0.000, r = 0.333; p = 0.016, r 0.025; repspectively). This showed that the higher connectedness and interdependency between mother and daughter, the higher level of self-esteem in daughters. However, the trust in hierarchy subscale did not correlate to daughter's self-esteem (p = 0.515).
Conclusion: Connectedness and interdependency in mother-daughter relationship were important to daughter's self-esteem.
Keywords: mother-daughter relationship, self-esteem, daughter
INTRODUCTION
Typically, psychological capital is very important in students (Ahmed et al., 2017). Therein, for daughters, mothers play an essential role in the development of their self-esteem. The quality of daughters' experiences with their mothers is positively related to self-esteem. In addition, when a mother supports and shows interest in her daughter's ideals, she will support the development of her daughter's psychological well-being. In addition, mother-daughter relationships have a significant role in the lives of girls (Luo, 2020). Girls who have insecure bonds with their mothers during infancy tend to have psychological problems and are not functioning well, such as reactive attachment disorder, personality problems, and interpersonal relationship problems, especially in adulthood (Onayli, 2010).
Self-esteem is one of the factors that determine a person's mental health. Self-esteem that is owned by an individual shows whether the individual has high or low self-esteem (Djau et al. 2017). Low self-esteem is very closely related to depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideas (Overholser et al. 1995). Stress can occur causing the induction of depressive symptoms (Effendy et al. 2019). They with depressive mood experience loss of energy and interest, feelings of guilt, reduced concentration and attention, loss of appetite, and the presence of thoughts about death or suicide (Agus et al. 2019, Starki et al. 2019). Adolescents from lower-income families or neighborhoods also report higher rate of suicidal ideation (CheeK.-Y. et al. 2015). Other studies suggest low...