Chinese Adolescents' Relationships With Mothers, Fathers, and Siblings: Associations With Youth's Internalising and Externalising Problems

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Relationships Research

Volume

10

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

7-12-2019

First Page

1

Last Page

11

Abstract

The associations between Chinese adolescents' family (maternal, paternal, and sibling) relationship qualities and their adjustment were examined among 540 Chinese families over a one-year period. Path analysis revealed that father-offspring positivity was associated with lower levels of internalising problems, whereas mother-offspring conflict predicted youths' depressive symptoms and loneliness. Controlling for parent-offspring relationships, sibling intimacy inversely predicted youths' internalising and externalising problems, whereas sibling conflict predicted youths' loneliness. Multigroup comparisons revealed that youth gender moderated the associations between maternal conflict and youths' depressive symptoms, as well as sibling intimacy and youths' loneliness. Overall, results highlight the importance of family systems for Chinese youths' mental health and the need to study sibling relationships in future studies of Chinese families.

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