Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 614-624.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.05.12

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The Protective Roles of Parent-child Relationship and Friend Support on Emotional and Behavioral Adjustment of Migrant Adolescents

WANG Hui, XIONG Yuke, LIU Xia   

  1. Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2018-09-15 Published:2018-10-25

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Abstract: This study aimed to investigate the role of parent-child relationship and friend support on the relationship between emotional adjustment (loneliness, social anxiety) and behavioral adjustment (problem behavior, prosocial behavior) in migrant adolescents under the context of daily life stress and whether parents and friends have differential effects on psychological adjustment. 1008 migrant adolescents were recruited from 12 middle schools in Beijing. Results showed that:(1) Migrant adolescents with better parent-child relationship had more prosocial behavior and less problem behavior, while those who had higher friend support experienced lower loneliness and social anxiety and had more prosocial behavior. (2) Parent-child relationship could buffer against the negative effect of stressful events on adolescent problem behavior. (3) Friend support could buffer against the negative effect of stressful events on adolescents' loneliness and social anxiety. (4) Both parent-child relationship and friend support promoted prosocial behavior especially when they experienced less stressful events. These findings suggested that the close emotional connection with parents and friends alleviated the negative effects of stressful events on psychological adjustment. More specifically, parents act as buffers of behavioral problems whereas friends act as buffers of emotional outcomes. Supports from both parents and friends are beneficial to positive behavioral adjustment.

Key words: migrant adolescents, stressful events, parent-child relationship, friend support, emotional and behavioral adjustment

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  • B844
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