title: The impact of family intactness on family functioning, parental control, and parent-child relational qualities in a chinese context.
abstract: The current study investigated the differences between intact and non-intact families in family processes, including systematic family functioning, parental behavioral control, parental psychological control, and parent-child relational qualities. The participants were 3,328 Secondary One students, with a mean age of 12.59 years, recruited from 28 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Four validated scales were used to assess family processes. Results showed that adolescents in non-intact families perceived relatively poorer family functioning, lower level of paternal and maternal behavioral control, lower level of paternal psychological control, and poorer parent-child relational qualities than did adolescents in intact families. This generally indicated that family processes were poorer in non-intact families, compared with those in intact families. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed.
authors: Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China ; Public Policy Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China ; Department of Social Work, East China Normal University , Shanghai , China ; Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau , Macau , China ; University of Kentucky College of Medicine , Lexington, KY , USA.
authors: Daniel T L
authors: DT
authors: Shek
authors: Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China.
authors: Qiuzhi
authors: Q
authors: Xie
authors: Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China.
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Lin
keywords: behavioral control; family functioning; family intactness; parenting process; parent–child relational qualities; psychological control