The Relationship Between Interparental Conflicts and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of Adolescents’ Behavioral Response

Abstract

Abstract: This study examined the impact of interparental conflicts on children from the perspective of life satisfaction of adolescents, and explored the possible mediating role of adolescents’ behavioral response in interparental conflicts. The study was based on questionnaire data collected from a sample of 366 Chinese junior school students that were recruited randomly from Chongqing city and Hebei province. The results demonstrated that: 1) the frequency of interparental conflict had a significant negative correlation with the life satisfaction among adolescents; 2) adolescents’ interventional behavior in interparental conflicts had a significant positive correlation with adolescents’ life satisfaction, while adolescents’ avoidant behavior in interparental conflicts had a significant negative correlation with adolescents’ life satisfaction; 3) in the advocate-avoidance scenario, adolescents’ avoidant behavior in interparental conflicts mediated the relationship between the frequency of interparental conflict and adolescents’ life satisfaction; the mediating effect accounted for 22.90% of the total effects. This study reveals that the avoidant behavior of adolescents in interparental conflicts acts as an important mediator in the relationship between the frequency of interparental conflict and adolescents’ life satisfaction in the scenario of advocate-avoidance interparental conflicts.

Key words: interparental conflicts, adolescents, life satisfaction, behavioral response

摘要： 父母冲突与青少年的身心健康息息相关。本研究以366名青少年为被试，采用问卷调查法研究父母冲突频率与青少年生活满意度间的关系，以及父母冲突时青少年行为反应在其中的中介作用。结果表明：（1）父母冲突频率显著负向预测青少年生活满意度；（2）青少年的介入行为与生活满意度呈显著正相关，回避行为则与生活满意度呈显著负相关；（3）在主张–回避的父母冲突场景中，青少年的回避行为在父母冲突频率与生活满意度间起到部分中介作用，中介效应占总效应的22.90%。

关键词: 父母冲突频率, 青少年, 生活满意度, 行为反应

CLC Number:

B844.2

ZHU Yuchun, ZHANG Shuo, ZHANG Xinhe. The Relationship Between Interparental Conflicts and Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of Adolescents’ Behavioral Response[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(5): 645-651.

朱雨纯, 张硕, 张新荷. 父母冲突频率与青少年生活满意度的关系：青少年行为反应的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(5): 645-651.

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