Family functioning and psychological well-being, school adjustment, and problem behavior in chinese adolescents with and without economic disadvantage.

Full Abstract

Using an indigenously developed measure of family functioning, the author examined the association between family functioning and adolescent adjustment in 1,519 Chinese adolescents. Results showed that family functioning was significantly related to measures of adolescent psychological well-being (existential well-being, life satisfaction, self-esteem, sense of mastery, general psychiatric morbidity), school adjustment (perceived academic performance, satisfaction with academic performance, and school conduct), and problem behavior (delinquent and substance abuse behavior). Family functioning was generally more strongly related to measures of adolescent adjustment for adolescents with economic disadvantage than for adolescents without economic disadvantage.

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Author information

Author/s: Shek, Daniel T L (DT);

Affiliation: Department of Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin. danielshek(-atsign-)cuhk.edu.hk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Validation Studies

Journal: The Journal of genetic psychology (J Genet Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Dec; vol 163 (issue 4) : pp 497-502

Dates: Created 2002/12/23; Completed 2003/03/26; Revised 2007/03/30;

PMID: 12495233, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Achievement
Adolescent
Child
China - epidemiology
Culture
Depression - diagnosis; epidemiology
Family - psychology
Female

Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology; psychology
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Self Concept
Social Adjustment
Socioeconomic Factors

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