A Study Of Parental Control And Its Relations With Parent-Adolescent Cohesion Among Middle School Students

Objective To explore the characteristics of Parental Control and its Relations with Parent-Adolescent Cohesion among Middle School Students. Method 810 students were investigated with Parental control questionnaire which was developed for the first time and Parent-Adolescent Cohesion questionnaire by group sampling. Results (1)The Parental control questionnaire of Middle school students concludes Father-control questionnaire and Mother-control questionnaire, both of them are reliable and valid. (2)There was significant gender and grade difference in Parental control of middle school students.(3)There was significant correlation between Parental control and Parent-Adolescent Cohesion among middle school students.(4) Parental psychology control can predict Parent-Adolescent Cohesion directly of middle school students. Conclusions (1)Mother-control lever is a little higher than Father-control lever among Chinese middle school students.(2)The boys suffered more control from parents than girls.(3)The level of parental control was decreasing with the grade increasing except senior high middle school.(4)Parental psychology control have more influence than parental behaviour control among middle school students.