Abstract
This longitudinal study examines the relationships between perceived parenting characteristics and parent-adolescent conflict in a sample of Chinese adolescents (N = 378). Results showed that global parenting styles (concern and harshness) and specific parenting behavior (responsiveness and demandingness) were concurrently related to parent-adolescent conflict at Time 1 and Time 2. Longitudinal analyses showed that the relations between parenting characteristics and parent-adolescent conflict across time are bidirectional in nature. For the linkage between parenting quality at Time 1 and changes in parent-adolescent conflict at Time 2, early parenting quality predicted parent-adolescent conflict in adolescent girls but not in adolescent boys. Although parent-adolescent conflict at Time 1 generally predicted changes in parenting quality at Time 2, some parental differences in the strength of association between the two domains were found.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-208 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Family Issues |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)