Mboya M M
School of Education, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Adolescence. 1995 Winter;30(120):955-62.
This study examines gender and age differences in parenting practices among African adolescents in South Africa. The Perceived Parent Behavior Inventory (PPBI) was administered to 274 students (14 through 18 years of age) in Standards 6 through 10 who attended one public coeducational high school in Cape Town. The results indicate that for the three scales of the PPBI, girls score higher than boys, and that on the total score and two of the PPBI scales, the level of perceived parental behaviors decreases with age. These findings support the hypotheses that competence in social interaction is a more significant factor for girls than for boys and that younger adolescents have a closer association with their parents than do their older counterparts. The findings have important implications for the study of adolescent development in an African context.
本研究调查了南非非洲青少年养育方式中的性别和年龄差异。对开普敦一所公立男女同校高中6至10年级的274名学生（年龄在14至18岁之间）进行了父母行为感知量表（PPBI）测试。结果表明，在PPBI的三个量表上，女孩得分高于男孩；在总分及PPBI的两个量表上，父母行为感知水平随年龄增长而降低。这些发现支持了以下假设：社交互动能力对女孩比对男孩更重要，以及青少年早期比晚期与父母的关系更亲密。这些发现对非洲背景下青少年发展的研究具有重要意义。
