Family Relationships and Adolescent Psychosocial Outcomes: Converging Findings From Eastern and Western Cultures
This study investigated the role of parent–adolescent relationships in mediating the association between family‐related negative life events and adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behaviors among 1,696 eleventh graders from the United States (n=201), China (n=502), Korea (n=497), and Czech R...
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Published in | Journal of research on adolescence Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 425 - 447 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing
01.12.2004
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Summary: | This study investigated the role of parent–adolescent relationships in mediating the association between family‐related negative life events and adolescent depressive symptoms and problem behaviors among 1,696 eleventh graders from the United States (n=201), China (n=502), Korea (n=497), and Czech Republic (n=496). Results indicated that perceived parental involvement and parent–adolescent conflict mediated the link between family‐related life events and adolescent depressed mood. The path from family‐related life events to adolescent problem behaviors was mediated by perceived parental involvement, parent–adolescent conflict, and perceived parental sanctions of adolescent misconduct. With the exception of minor cross‐cultural differences in the magnitude of associations among variables, this study revealed considerable similarity in the association of family factors with adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptomatology. The findings contribute to the growing literature on culture‐general developmental processes. |
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Bibliography: | ArticleID:JORA81 ark:/67375/WNG-JL61PLSJ-Z istex:3E12EDB2EA953E0C6E426A68C88CA666A35230E0 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1050-8392 1532-7795 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2004.00081.x |