1. Parent-Adolescent Trust and Parent-Adolescent Relationships in Chinese Families in Hong Kong: Implications for Parent Education and Family Therapy.
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Shek, DanielT. L.
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FAMILY research , *FAMILY psychotherapy , *PARENT-teenager relationships , *PARENT-child relationships , *TRUST , *FAMILY relations , *FAMILY conflict , *HOME environment , *ASIANS , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
On two occasions separated by one year, Chinese adolescents (N = 2,758) responded to instruments measuring their perceived parent-adolescent trust (i.e., paternal trust of the child and the child's trust of the parent) and other dimensions of parent-child relational qualities (satisfaction with parental control, readiness to communicate with the parent, and global satisfaction with the parent-child relationship). Results showed that perceived parent-adolescent trust was concurrently and longitudinally related to other dimensions of parent-child relational qualities. Multiple regression analyses suggest that the relations between perceived parent-adolescent trust and different dimensions of parent-child relational qualities over time were bidirectional in nature. Relative to perceived paternal trust of the adolescent child, adolescent child's trust of their parents exerted a stronger influence on different dimensions of parent-adolescent relational qualities, particularly in the father-adolescent dyad. While the influence of the child's readiness to communicate with the parents on parent-adolescent trust was weak in the father-adolescent dyad, the influence of global satisfaction with the parent-adolescent relationship on parent-adolescent trust was weak in the mother-adolescent dyad. The implications of the present findings on parent education and family therapy are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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