The Relationship between Parent-adolescent Communication Problems and Adolescents' Social Adjustments

887 students selected from the 7~(th) to 12~(th) grades of an average middle school in Beijing and a key middle school in Jinan were asked to fill a questionnaire anonymously to explore the relationship between parent-adolescent communication problems and adolescents' social adjustment.The results showed that(1)on the whole,parent-adolescent communication problems reported by adolescents were not very much.Among the 9 parent-adolescent communication problems,behavior restriction was the problem of the most and lack of trust was the problem of the least.The situation of boys and girl,and from senior 1 to junior 1,but not senior 2 and 3,which were similar to the whole;(2) Lack of sharing reported by boys was more than that reported by girls significantly.Eight parent-adolescent communication problems existed significant difference among classes,which appeared a reversed U-shape relationship between classes and communication problems,and junior 3 students reached the summit.(3) All correlations of parent-adolescent communication problems and adolescents' social adjustment reached significance.Negative correlations existed in parent-adolescent communication problems and adolescents' self-esteem.Positive correlations existed in parent-adolescent communication problems and adolescents' depression,social anxiety,problem behaviors.(4) Different kinds of parent-adolescent communication problems predicted different aspects of adolescents' social adjustment.The prediction effects to self-esteem and depression were greater than the prediction effects to social anxiety and problem behavior.