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1、中国青少年与父母的沟通和关系及其决策Xia,Y.R.,Xie,X.L,Zhou,Z・,DeFrain,J.,Meredith,W.IL,andCombs,R.ChineseAdolescents5Decision-Making,Parent-AdolescentCommunicationandRelationshipsChinahastheworld'slargestyouthpopulation,butlittleisknownaboutChineseadolescents'involvementindecision-makinginthefamily,thestrengthofpare
2、nt-childrelationships,andparenl-adolescentcommunication.Chinesetraditionvalueschildren^obediencetotheirparents(Ho,Sprinks,&Yeung,1989).Youngpeoplearcdiscouragedfromdisagreeingandnegotiatingwiththeirparents・ThedevelopmentofindividualautonomyasacentraltaskinadolescenceisnotemphasizedasmuchasinWester
3、nsocieties.WithrapideconomicdevelopmentinChinainthelasttwodecades,however,thistraditionhasfacedconsiderablechallenges(Yau&Smetana,1996).Inaddition,theendorsementoftheOneChildFamilyPolicyisbelievedtohaveanimpactonthewaythatChineseparentsraisetheirchildren(Xiaetal.,1998).Thisstudyisanefforttodelinea
4、tecurrentChineseadolescentparticipationinthedecision-makingprocesses,andhowthisrelatestoparent-adolescentcommunicationandadolescents'perceptionsoftherelationshipwithlheirparents.ThepresentstudyisuniqueinthatitfocusesonMainlandChineseadolescents,anditusesdecision-makingprocessesasacentralarenaoffam
5、ilyinteractiontoexaminetheassociationamongadolescents'decision-making,communication,andrelationship.TheoreticalPerspectiveThisstudyusesfamilysystemstheoryandtheecologicalperspectiveasitstheoreticalframework.Adolescentsgrowthroughconstantinteractionswiththefamily,andthelargersocialsystems.Theimplic
6、ationoffamilysystemstheoryforthisstudyistofocusnotonlyontheindividualsthatcomposethefamilybutalsoonthepatternsandinteractionsofthefamilymembers・Theecologicalperspective(Bronfenbrenner&Morris,1998)providesaframeworkthatallowsexaminationofassociationsamongadolescents9decision-making,parent-adolescen
7、tcommunication,andlargersocialcontexts.Thecontextsincludethefamilial,societalaswellasglobalenvironment,andthechangesinthesesocialenvironmentsduetotheirinteractionandmutualinfluences・Contemporaryfamilystudiesthate