parent-adolescent conflict resolution process and its related factors

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03256
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAISHI KENJI 名古屋大学, 教育発達科学研究科, 教授 (80228767)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 青年－両親間葛藤 / 親子間葛藤に対する原因帰属 / 葛藤解決行動 / 養育態度 / 中年期 / 青年期 / 夫婦関係 / ワーク・ファミリーコンフリクト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine contents of parent-adolescent conflict, related causal factors in the process, and hypothetical causal mechanism by using parent’s report. The results of a qualitative survey for parents with adolescent child showed that their experiences of parent-adolescent conflict occurred under diverse backgrounds including outside social contexts for family. Based on the qualitative survey, new scale for assessing parent’s conflict resolution behaviors was developed. The relationship between parent’s resolution behaviors, causal attribution to conflict, parental attitude, mutual trust with their adolescent, parent’s well-being, parent’s authenticity, the quality of marital relationship, and the work-family conflict were examined. As a result, the parental conflict resolution behaviors were strongly related to their daily parenting attitude and the quality of parent-adolescent relationship.

Free Research Field

発達心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで日本における青年－両親間葛藤の実態については正確には把握されてこなかった。また，子どもを対象にした調査研究がほとんであった点が問題である。そのため，親の視点からみた青年－両親間葛藤の実態把握とそれが生起するメカニズムの解明，親の葛藤解決行動のあり方を明らかにしようとする本研究は青年－両親関係の研究に新たな視点を提示し，青年期の子どもをもつ親に対する有益な情報を提供できると考えられる。