A
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Social Relations and Antisocial
and Prosocial Behavior in a Chinese Context
D.T.L. Shek, H.K. Ma, & P.C. Cheung |
The
relationships between parent-adolescent conflict and (a) adolescent
antisocial and prosocial behavior, (b) significant-others' influences
on adolescent behavior, and (c) adolescents' relationships with the
significant-others were examined in 56 adolescents in a longitudinal
study. Two waves of data based on questionnaires and interviews separated
by two years were collected. Results showed that parent-adolescent
conflict predicted antisocial behavior but not prosocial behavior
across time. While parent-adolescent conflict predicted adolescent
antisocial behavior over time, adolescent antisocial behavior did
not predict parent-adolescent conflict longitudinally. Except the
linkage between mother-adolescent conflict and peer influence, parent-adolescent
conflict was generally unrelated to the influences of the significant-others
of adolescents. Some evidence on the mutual influences between mother-adolescent
conflict and adolescents' relationships with the significant-others
over time was also found. Key words: prosocial behavior, antisocial behavior, parent-adolescent conflict, adolescent social behavior |