Parental Monitoring, Parent-Adolescent Communication, and Adolescents’ Trust in Their Parents in China

PURPOSE: Trust is an important aspect of interpersonal relationships, but little is known about adolescents’ interpersonal trust. The aim of the present study was to examine the associations among parental monitoring, parent-adolescent communication, and adolescents’ trust in their parents in China....

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Autores principales: Ying, Liuhua, Ma, Fengling, Huang, Huahua, Guo, Xiaolin, Chen, Chuansheng, Xu, Fen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26271080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134730
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Sumario:PURPOSE: Trust is an important aspect of interpersonal relationships, but little is known about adolescents’ interpersonal trust. The aim of the present study was to examine the associations among parental monitoring, parent-adolescent communication, and adolescents’ trust in their parents in China. METHODS: Data in this study were collected as part of the cross-sectional study of children in China. 3349 adolescents (female 48.6%, age range of 12–15 years) were randomly selected from 35 secondary schools in April, 2009 and administered to the Adolescent Interpersonal Trust Scale, the Parental Monitoring Scale, and the Parent-Adolescent Communication Scale. RESULTS: Adolescents’ trust in their parents was positively related to parental monitoring and parent-adolescent communication. Furthermore, parent-adolescent communication mediated the association between parental monitoring and adolescents’ trust in their parents. The mediation model fit data of both genders and three age groups equally well. CONCLUSIONS: Parental monitoring and parent-adolescent communication play an importance role in fostering adolescents’ trust in their parents.

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