The Impact of Pubertal Timing to Parent-Child Relationships
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
Tsai, Min-Kuang
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Impact of pubertal timing on parent-child relationships was examined in this analysis. The longitudinal data from the “Children and Adolescent Behaviors in Long-term Evolution project,” known as CABLE, was analyzed in this study. The total 2,080 students who were seventh and eighth grade sampled in 2004 and 2005 survey were included. Pubertal timing indicates whether an individual’s pubertal development occurs earlier than, at the same time as, or later than that of his or her same-gender, same-grade peers. The students were divided into three groups: “early-maturing,” “on-time,” or “late-maturing.” The parent-child relationship is considered including parental support, parent-child conflict, and parent-child interaction. Multiple regression analyses were performed to test whether the pubertal timing influences parent-child relationship.
The result shows that students have higher level of parental support, parent-child interaction, and less parent-child conflict if they were exposed to positive parenting style, such as encouragement, warmth, and assistance. On the contrary, students have lower level of parental support, parent-child interaction, and more parent-child conflict if their parenting style was psychological control. Adjusting for other influential factors, on-time and early-maturing boys have lower level of parent-child interaction than late-maturing boys; similarly, early-maturing girls have lower level of parent-child interaction than on-time and late-maturing girls. However, pubertal timing does not significantly impact on level of parental support or parent-child conflict. The results suggest that parents should pay more attention to their children, especially for the children whose pubertal development occurs earlier than that of his or her same-gender, same-age peers. Parent-child interaction should also be strengthened when their children were in puberty. Moreover, parents should adopt positive parenting style, such as encouragement, warmth, and assistance.
Subjects
青少年
青春期發育時機
親子關係
adolescents
pubertal timing
parent-child relationships
SDGs
Type
thesis
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