%0 Journal Article
%T Chinese Adolescents¡¯ Conflict with Parents and Its Relationship with Their Psychological Well-Being
%A Jianjin Liu
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 7
%N 8
%P 1-11
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2020
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1106256
%X This paper investigated 125 Chinese adolescents¡¯ daily conflicts with their parents through blogs within 2 weeks on a platform specifically designed for this study. BSI (Brief Symptom Inventory) scores were also collected to measure their psychological well-being. 3-way ANOVAs (age ¡Á gender ¡Á BSI group) were conducted on variables of parent-child conflicts (frequency, intensity, resolution, fairness and feelings towards resolution, justification). The main findings are: 1) adolescents from the low-BSI group felt less unfair and upset or depressed to the resolution of the conflicts, compared to those from the high-BSI group. In other words, when adolescents felt more fair and happy to the resolution to the conflicts, they have a healthier status of psychological well-being; 2) frequency and intensity of conflicts in general had no significant correlation with adolescents¡¯ psychological well-being, but there is an interaction between gender and BSI score on intensity; 3) there is a significant difference between low- and high-BSI groups in conflicts concerning personal issues or choices, which indicates low-BSI group (with a higher level of psychological well-being) negotiated more on personal issues with their parents; 4) there is an interaction between adolescents¡¯ age and BSI in personal justification and an interaction between gender and BSI in psychological justification. Implications and suggestions on education related to adolescents¡¯ psychological well-beings are discussed.
%K Chinese Adolescents
%K Parent-Child Conflicts
%K Justification
%K Psychological Well-Being
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5429970