Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 60-64.

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The Relationship between Parents’ Disclosure and Children’s Interpersonal Competence

TAN Rui, ZHOU Hui   

  1. Psychology Department, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275
  • Online:2008-04-15 Published:2008-04-15

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Abstract: The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of parental disclosure on their children's interpersonal competences with their peers. 68 triadic parent-child samples, 204 persons in total, participated in this study by filling anonymous scales. Average age of parents was 44, while that of children was 17.Children filled out Interpersonal Competence Questionnaire, and their parents completed two scales, called Self-Disclosure Scale and Disclosure Topics and Motivations Scales. Findings revealed: (1) There were some differences between father and mother in disclosure topics, motivations, and styles. (2) Children's competences can be predicted by parental disclosure motivations and styles, but the variances of children's variables which can be accounted by parental variables were different. (3) Children's abilities of Negative Assertion and Emotional Support were predicted by maternal and paternal variables together, while the others abilities were predicted by paternal variables respectively.

Key words: self-disclosure, parent-adolescent communication, interpersonal competence

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