Department of Psychology, Mississippi State University, P.O. Box 6161, Starkville, MS, 39762, USA.
Qual Life Res. 2018 Oct;27(10):2639-2645. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1919-z. Epub 2018 Jun 16.
Parent-child relationship quality is an important factor when examining adolescent's risk for problem behaviors. For this reason, many researchers have explored the impacts of parent-child relationship quality on adolescent and child behavior, yet the parent-child relationship has lasting consequences into adulthood.
The current study examined the mediating role of risky sexual behavior (as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey) on the relationship between parent-child relationship quality (as measured by the Parental Environment Questionnaire) and quality of life (as measured by the World Health Organizations Quality of Life Questionnaire) beyond adolescence, during emerging adulthood. The additional moderating effects of gender were examined. Participants consisted of 507 undergraduate students (173 males, 334 females) recruited from a large university in the Southern United States between 18 and 25 years of age.
Parent-child relationship quality was positively related to quality of life among both males and females. The indirect pathway from parent-child relationship quality to quality of life, through risky sexual behavior, was significant in females but not in males.
Results suggest that the parent-child relationship, specifically for females, may be a target for intervention in the prevention of risky sexual behavior in Emerging Adulthood. Further results, implications, and limitations were discussed.
亲子关系质量是考察青少年出现问题行为风险的一个重要因素。出于这个原因，许多研究人员已经探讨了亲子关系质量对青少年和儿童行为的影响，但亲子关系对成年后的影响是持久的。
本研究考察了风险性行为（通过青少年风险行为调查衡量）在亲子关系质量（通过父母环境问卷衡量）和生活质量（通过世界卫生组织生活质量问卷衡量）之间的中介作用，超出了青春期，在成年早期。还研究了性别的调节作用。参与者包括来自美国南部一所大型大学的 507 名本科生（173 名男性，334 名女性），年龄在 18 至 25 岁之间。
亲子关系质量与男性和女性的生活质量呈正相关。亲子关系质量通过风险性行为对生活质量的间接途径在女性中显著，但在男性中不显著。
结果表明，亲子关系，特别是对女性而言，可能是干预的目标，以预防成年早期的风险性行为。进一步的结果、影响和局限性进行了讨论。
