Psychological Development and Education ›› 2014, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (2): 129-136.

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Parent-child Communication and Perceived Well-being：The Mediating Effects of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction among Rural Children in China

GUO Hai-ying1, ZHU Wan-ling1, ZHU Qian1, ZHU Mao-ling2,3, ZUO Pei-ying1, LIN Dan-hua1   

  1. 1. Institute of Developmental psychology Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. Guangxi Yulin Normal University of Education Science, Yulin 537000;
    3. College of Humanities and Social Sciences of City University of Macau, Macau 999078
  • Online:2014-03-15 Published:2014-03-15

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Abstract: The current study aims to examine the relationship between parent-child communication, basic psychological needs satisfaction and well-being. A sample of 1164 rural children from Guangxi province was recruited to participate in the study. Participants were asked to fill in the Parent-child Communication Scale, Basic Needs Satisfaction Scale in General Scale and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire-Short Scale. The results revealed that: (1) Significant gender and grade differences were found in parent-child communication. Specifically, 5th and 7th girls communicated with their fathers more openly than 8th girls, while this difference was not found in boys; (2) Both parent-child communication and basic psychological needs satisfaction were significantly positively related to rural children's perceived well-being. (3) Parent-child communication could directly predict children's perceived well-being. Meanwhile, three basic psychological needs satisfaction partially mediated the effect of parent-child communication on well-being, and relatedness had biggest mediation effect size of all. This result indicated that parent-child communication and basic psychological needs satisfaction are important influencing factors associated with children's perceived well-being, which could serve as significant components in future intervention study.

Key words: rural children, parent-child communication, basic psychological needs satisfaction, well-being

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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