The
Quality of Family Life and Well-Being of Chinese Parents in Hong
Kong
D.T.L. Shek |
This
paper examines the impact of marital quality (marital adjustment
and marital satisfaction) and parent-child relationship (parent-child
relational quality and parent-child relational demands) on the well-being
(psychiatric morbidity, midlife crisis symptoms, positive mental
health, and perceived health status) of 1,501 Chinese parents. The
results showed that while measures of marital quality and parent-child
relationship were significantly associated with different indicators
of well-being, they were more predictive of the well-being of mothers
than fathers. Relative to parent-child relational demands, marital
quality and parent-child relational quality were found to exert stronger
impact on parental well-being. The present findings suggest that
the quality of family life is intimately related to the well-being
of Chinese parents.
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