Abstract
Over 3 consecutive years, Chinese adolescents from intact families (n = 2,140) and nonintact families (n = 234) responded to instruments assessing their perceived parental behavioral control (parental knowledge, expectation, monitoring, discipline, and demandingness, as well as parental control based on indigenous Chinese concepts), parental psychological control, parent-child relational qualities (satisfaction with parental control, child's readiness to communicate with the parents, and perceived mutual trust between parents and their children), and psychological well-being. Perceived parental behavioral control processes, parent-child relational qualities, and psychological well-being were poorer in nonintact families relative to intact families over time. In contrast, maternal psychological control was higher in nonintact families over time than in intact families over time. Adolescents from stable and disruptive nonintact families without remarriage generally performed poorer than did adolescents from nonintact families with remarriage on the various indicators of family processes and adolescent psychological well-being.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 171-189 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Journal of Divorce and Remarriage |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Dec 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adolescent psychological well-being
- Chinese families
- Divorced and remarried families
- Nonintact families
- Parent-adolescent relational quality
- Parental control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Demography
- Law