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.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong Kong , China.
Front Pediatr. 2015 Jan 29;2:149. doi: 10.3389/fped.2014.00149. eCollection 2014.
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.
本研究调查了完整家庭和不完整家庭在家庭过程方面的差异,包括系统的家庭功能、父母行为控制、父母心理控制以及亲子关系质量。参与者是来自香港 28 所中学的 3328 名初一学生,平均年龄为 12.59 岁。使用了四个经过验证的量表来评估家庭过程。结果表明,与完整家庭的青少年相比,不完整家庭的青少年感知到的家庭功能较差,父母行为控制和心理控制水平较低,亲子关系质量较差。这通常表明,与完整家庭相比,不完整家庭的家庭过程较差。讨论了研究结果的理论和实践意义。