TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived parental control and psychological well-being in Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong
AU - Shek, Daniel TL
AU - Lee, Tak Yan
AU - Lee, Britta M
AU - Chow, Joyce
PY - 2006/7
Y1 - 2006/7
N2 - Chinese secondary school students (N=2,758) responded to measures of perceived parental behavioral control (parental knowledge, expectation, monitoring, discipline and demandingness), parental psychological control, and adolescent psychological well-being (hopelessness, mastery, life satisfaction and self-esteem). Results showed that composite parental behavioral control was weakly related to parental psychological control, whereas discrete aspects of parental behavioral control were differentially related to parental psychological control. Although parental psychological control was negatively related to adolescent psychological well-being, parental behavioral control was positively related to adolescent adjustment. The present findings underscore the role of parental control in the psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents at Secondary 2 level in Hong Kong. The implications of the findings for the development of positive youth development programs in Hong Kong are discussed. © Freund Publishing House Ltd.
AB - Chinese secondary school students (N=2,758) responded to measures of perceived parental behavioral control (parental knowledge, expectation, monitoring, discipline and demandingness), parental psychological control, and adolescent psychological well-being (hopelessness, mastery, life satisfaction and self-esteem). Results showed that composite parental behavioral control was weakly related to parental psychological control, whereas discrete aspects of parental behavioral control were differentially related to parental psychological control. Although parental psychological control was negatively related to adolescent psychological well-being, parental behavioral control was positively related to adolescent adjustment. The present findings underscore the role of parental control in the psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents at Secondary 2 level in Hong Kong. The implications of the findings for the development of positive youth development programs in Hong Kong are discussed. © Freund Publishing House Ltd.
KW - Chinese adolescents
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Parental behavioral control
KW - Parental psychological control
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U2 - 10.1515/IJAMH.2006.18.3.535
DO - 10.1515/IJAMH.2006.18.3.535
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 17068935
SN - 0334-0139
VL - 18
SP - 535
EP - 545
JO - International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
JF - International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
IS - 3
ER -