Parent-adolescent conflict and adolescent antisocial and prosocial behavior: a longitudinal study in a Chinese context.
This longitudinal study examined the relationships between parent-adolescent conflict and antisocial and prosocial behavior in Chinese adolescents. Results showed that father-adolescent conflict and mother-adolescent conflict were concurrently related to adolescent antisocial and prosocial behavior. Longitudinal analyses showed that parent-adolescent conflict predicted antisocial behavior but not prosocial behavior. Adolescent antisocial and prosocial behavior was also found to be related to father-adolescent conflict across time. The findings suggest that the linkage between father-adolescent conflict and adolescent social behavior is stronger than that between mother-adolescent conflict and adolescent social behavior.
Shek
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Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin. danielshek@cuhk.edu.hk
Ma
H K
HK
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires