The Prediction of Parent-Child Relationship and Empathy on Adolescents’ Social Creativity: The Mediating Role of Friendship Quality

Abstract

Abstract: The current study explored the influences of parent-child relationship and empathy on social creativity and the mediating role of friendship quality on such effects. A series of questionnaires, including the Social Creative Tendency Questionnaire for Children, Closeness to Parents Scale, Interpersonal Reactivity Index-C (IRI-C), and Friendship Quality Questionnaire (FQQ), were used to survey 588 middle school students. The results was showed as follows: 1) mother-child relationship, father-child relationship, and empathy directly predicted social creativity of adolescents; 2) friendship quality mediated the prediction of social creativity by mother-child relationship and empathy. The present study reveals various mechanisms on how parent-child relationship and empathy impact the social creativity of the adolescents, which would provide parents and educators with valuable insights on promoting the creativity of adolescents.

Key words: social creativity, parent-child relationship, empathy, friendship quality, adolescents

摘要： 采用儿童社会创造性倾向问卷、亲子亲密度量表、人际反应指针量表和友谊质量问卷，以588名初中生为被试，探讨亲子关系和移情对青少年社会创造力的影响及其作用机制，并检验了友谊质量的中介作用。结果表明：（1）父子关系、母子关系和移情显著正向预测青少年社会创造力；（2）青少年友谊质量在母子关系和移情预测青少年社会创造力中起中介作用。本研究揭示了父子关系、母子关系以及移情对社会创造力的预测作用及其作用机制，研究结果对培养青少年社会创造力具有一定的启发意义。

关键词: 社会创造力, 亲子关系, 移情, 友谊质量, 青少年

CLC Number:

B844

LI Ang, ZHANG Jinghuan. The Prediction of Parent-Child Relationship and Empathy on Adolescents’ Social Creativity: The Mediating Role of Friendship Quality[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2020, 18(4): 496-502.

李昂, 张景焕. 亲子关系和移情对青少年社会创造力的预测：友谊质量的中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2020, 18(4): 496-502.

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