The Influence Of Parent-Child Relationships And Peer Relationships On Senior High School Students' Romantic Relationships

With the development of the times, romantic relationships are a hallmark of adolescence. Adolescent romantic relationships refer to mutually acknowledged ongoing voluntary interactions,commonly marked by intense expressions of affection and perhaps current or anticipated sexual behavior. Currently, the theories and measurement methods in the area are remarkable. Adolescent romantic relationships occur in multiple contexts, this paper is devoted to the most extensively studied contextual influences on adolescent romantic relationships, each partner's current and past experiences with parents and peers. This research not only can enrich empirical researches in domestic current research ground, but also can provide theoretical basis and valuable reference when education system intervene in adolescent romantic relationships. It must be not lose sight of the fact that this research also can predict the quality of adult romantic relationships.This paper collect valid data from 374 senior high school students in two middle school in Chongqing and in four middle school in Zhengzhou in order to probe into difference concerning senior high school students'schooling grades and sex on parent-child relationships, peer relationships and romantic relationships, and also the connection among this three relationships. The main conclusions were as follows:1. In comparison with boys, facing with difficulties, girls more willing to seek parents' help, the more willing to establish good bonding with parents. Girls get more emotional support from peers, at the same time, they pay more attention to care and affiliate peers to maintain a good friendship.2. In comparison with the students in grade 2 and in grade 3, the students in grade 1 were averse to seek mother's help when facing with difficulties, they hope to establish good bonding with mother, otherwise they worried that mother rejected them. At the same time, they didn't close up to mother.3. There were significant difference concerning romantic relationship quality were found in senior high school students' romantic relationship time. Those lasting short of three months, quality were lower than those lasting 1～2years and 3～6 years.4. The secure style rating for relationships with parents no were related to corresponding ratings for romantic relationships; there was weak correlation between unsecure styles ratings for relationships with parents and corresponding rating for romantic relationships.5. There were moderate correlation concerning relationship's styles between parent-child relationships and peer relationships.6. There were moderate correlation concerning relationship's styles between quality of romantic relationships and peer relationships; in comparison with attachment system, caregiving system, there were stronger correlation between them concerning affiliative system.7. The influence of peer relationships on romanitc relationship is greater than Parent-child relationships'...