| Acknowledgments | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-14页 |
| ·Background of the Study and the Societal Imperative | 第9-10页 |
| ·The Professional Imperative | 第10-12页 |
| ·Purpose of study and Research Questions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Definition of Variables | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature | 第14-30页 |
| ·Self Concept | 第14-23页 |
| ·Ziwo( 自我)：Self or Ego--- Two sides of one coin? | 第14-16页 |
| ·Id, ego and superego | 第14-16页 |
| ·Review of the literature of Self-concept | 第16-20页 |
| ·The Historical Search for Self-concept | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Theoretical Search for Self-Concept: From William James to Carl Rogers | 第17-20页 |
| ·Rosenberg and Other Theorists | 第20页 |
| ·The sources and making of self-concept | 第20-23页 |
| ·The Self as a Process | 第20-21页 |
| ·Human development and self-conception | 第21-23页 |
| ·Understanding Parenting | 第23-30页 |
| ·Defining Parenting | 第23-24页 |
| ·Parental rearing patterns | 第24-25页 |
| ·Parent-Child Communication in China | 第25-30页 |
| ·From the Perspective of Chinese traditional Values | 第25-28页 |
| ·Understanding Parent-child Relationship from Hofstede’s Cultural Dimension | 第28-30页 |
| Chapter 3 Method | 第30-33页 |
| ·Subjects | 第30页 |
| ·Materials | 第30-31页 |
| ·Procedure | 第31-33页 |
| Chapter 4 Data Analysis and Results | 第33-46页 |
| ·Age, gender, and single-childhood and self-concept | 第34-38页 |
| ·Standard Value | 第35页 |
| ·Gender and Self-concept | 第35-36页 |
| ·Age and self-concept | 第36-37页 |
| ·Only-child and self-concept | 第37-38页 |
| ·Parenting Rearing Patterns | 第38-43页 |
| ·General picture of parenting Rearing Patterns | 第38页 |
| ·Gender difference in parenting rearing patterns | 第38-39页 |
| ·Age and parenting Rearing Patterns | 第39-40页 |
| ·Only-child and parenting rearing patterns | 第40-42页 |
| ·Parents’educational background and parenting rearing patterns | 第42-43页 |
| ·Correlation between parenting style and self-concept | 第43-46页 |
| Chapter 5 Discussion | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter 6 Conclusion, limitation and suggestion for future studies | 第49-51页 |
| ·Conclusion | 第49-50页 |
| ·Limitations | 第50页 |
| ·Suggestions for further research | 第50-51页 |
| References | 第51-54页 |
| Appendix | 第54-64页 |
