Quality of life in adolescence: The role of perceived control, parenting style, and social support
Quality of life in adolescence: The role of perceived control, parenting style, and social support
复制标题
DOI：
10.1375/bech.17.3.196
复制
发表时间：
2000-01-01
期刊：
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Cummins, RA
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Petito, F;Cummins, RA
成年人的主观生活质量(SQOL)水平在总体上非常稳定。这是通过一个自我平衡系统的运行来解释的，该系统将每个人的SQOL维持在一个狭窄的范围内。然而，我们有充分的理由预计这种动态平衡系统在青春期会受到严峻的挑战。许多被认为参与体内平衡过程的变量在这一时期正在经历显著的变化，包括初级和次级控制之间的平衡，感知到的社会支持，以及与父母的互动。为了检验SQOL的稳定性和其他变量的影响，我们招募了279名12到17岁的青少年作为样本。研究发现，年龄较大的青少年的SQOL低于成人的预测范围，从而支持了这一时期内稳受到强烈挑战的观点。一种新的测量控制感的量表具有一个有用的一次控制和二次控制的双因素结构。此外，这两个因素和社会支持一起预测了SQOL的水平，尽管主要控制水平随着年龄的增长而下降。最后，感觉到独裁教养方式的青少年比那些感觉不敬业的青少年体验到更高的生活质量。这些发现有助于我们理解SQOL动态平衡。
Adult levels of subjective quality of life (SQOL) are remarkably stable on a population basis. This has been explained through the operation of a homeostatic system that acts to maintain each individual's SQOL within a narrow range. However, there are good reasons to expect this homeostatic system to come under severe challenge during adolescence. Many of the variables thought to be involved in the homeostatic process are undergoing marked change during this period, including the balance between primary and secondary control, perceived social support, and interaction with parents. In order to test the stability of SQOL and the influence of these other variables, a sample of 279 adolescents between the ages of 12 to 17 years were recruited. It was found that the SQOL of the older adolescents lay below the predicted range for adults, thereby supporting the idea of a strong challenge to homeostasis during this period. A new scale to measure perceived control was found to possess a useful two-factor structure of primary and secondary control. Moreover, both of these factors, together with social support, predicted levels of SQOL, even though the levels of primary control decreased with age. Finally, adolescents who perceived an authoritarian parenting style experienced a higher SQOL than those who perceived an unengaged style. These findings contribute to our understanding of SQOL homeostasis.