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In 4 pages, the writer summarizes "Family Environment and Psychological Well Being, School Adjustment, and Problem Behavior" by Daniel T. L. Shek, in the Journal of Genetic Psychology. The article is primarily concerned with the impact of parental & family involvement on adolescent development. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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development. Conceptual models involving the nature of parenting styles as well as their influences on child and adolescent development have been formulated. There is empirical evidence on the
links between parenting styles and the different areas of adolescent development. This includes the area of academic achievement. Research data on the link between parenting styles and adolescent
psychosocial adjustment, well being, self-concept, delinquency, and drug abuse have been accumulated (Shek, 1997, PG). Family functioning influences adolescent psychological well being and problem behavior.
This includes adolescent identity, suicide, psychopathology, and proneness to delinquency. Some theorize that poor family functioning is related to elevated levels of substance abuse and smoking. Others
theorize that family functioning scores do not differentiate children in intrusive and less intrusive treatment programs. Therefore, the link between family functioning and adolescent if far from conclusive (Shek, 1997,
PG). A family environmental factor that deserves further attention is parent-adolescent conflict. Parent-adolescent conflict can be regarded as a stressor that affects the emotional
life of an adolescent. It is reasonable to expect that high parent-adolescent conflict is associated with poor adolescent well being and adjustment. Parent-adolescent conflict is a major influence
in unacceptable adolescent behavior (Shek, 1997, PG). In order to understand parenting styles, there is a need to distinguish global parenting characteristics from specific parenting
practices. It is interesting to ask whether the assessment of parenting styles would give different pictures of the link between parenting styles and adolescent psychological well-being (Shek, 1997, PG).
Up until now, adolescent psychological well being has been predominately defined in terms of psychiatric morbidity or symptoms in most studies. Such a definition
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