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Perceived parent-child relational qualities and parental control in Chinese adolescents in Shanghai

  • Xiao Y. Han and Daniel T.L. Shek EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: March 1, 2012
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International Journal on Disability and Human Development
From the journal Volume 11 Issue 1

Abstract

Chinese secondary school students in Shanghai (n=3022) responded to measures of perceived parent-child relational qualities (parental trust of the child, child’s trust of parents, child’s readiness to communicate with parents, and child’s satisfaction with parental control), parental behavioral control (including indicators of knowledge, expectation, monitoring, discipline, and demandingness), and parental psychological control. Results showed that parental trust of the child and child’s trust of parents were positively related to child’s readiness to communicate with the parents and satisfaction with parental control. Parental-child relational qualities were positively related to different aspects of behavioral control but negatively related to psychological control. Relative to measures of parental behavioral control measures, parental psychological control was a stronger predictor of parent-child relational qualities.

Keywords: behavioral control; Chinese adolescents; parent-child relational qualities; psychological control; Shanghai
Corresponding author: Professor Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, FHKPS, BBS, JP, Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Room HJ407, Core H, Hunghom, Hong Kong, P.R. China
Received: 2011-3-1
Accepted: 2011-5-8
Published Online: 2012-03-01
Published in Print: 2012-03-01

©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston

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Keywords for this article
behavioral control; Chinese adolescents; parent-child relational qualities; psychological control; Shanghai

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