The Influence Of Parent-child Relationships On Positive Youth Development: A Moderated Mediation Model

According to multiple survey reports,the number of teenagers with psychological problems accounts for a high proportion in our country.How to reduce the generation of psychological problems and promote the positive development of teenagers has become a problem that needs to be solved.Teenagers are in adolescence,easy to have a variety of conflicts with their parents,in this stage of parent-child relationship and adolescent development has an important relationship.In the past,the orientation of psychology was to eliminate mental illness,but positive psychology believes that eliminating disease does not mean that individuals can develop positively.Therefore,a new perspective on the development of adolescents was born--positive youth development theory.The theory of positive youth development starts from the study of the positive side of adolescents and discusses how to promote the positive development of adolescents from the external and internal factors.Therefore,this study intends to build a moderated mediation model with parent-child relationship as the independent variable,positive youth development as the dependent variable,intentional self-regulation as the mediating variable,and future orientation as the moderating variable,so as to explore the mediating role of intentional self-regulation between parent-child relationship and positive youth development,and whether future orientation has a moderating role in this process.This study was based on theories related to positive youth development,and 546 middle school students were selected as research objects.The Family Adjustment and Parent-child Compatibility Scale,Intentional Self-regulation Scale,Future Outcome Consideration Scale and China Positive Youth Development Scale(abbreviated version)were used as research tools.The research results showed that: 1.Parent-child relationship can not only directly predict positive youth development,but also influence positive youth development through intentional selfregulation;2.Future orientation regulates parent-child relationship--positive adolescent development and intentional self-regulation--positive youth development.Under the adjustment of low level of future orientation,parent-child relationship has greater influence on positive youth development;With high level of future orientation regulation,intentional-self-regulation has a greater effect on positive youth development.The results suggest that parent-child relationship,intentional self-regulation and future orientation influence positive youth development.This conclusion has implications for how to promote the positive development of adolescents.In order to promote the positive development of adolescents,on the one hand,we should attach importance to the parent-child relationship.Parents should give more care,support and encouragement to their children and actively maintain the emotional connection between them.On the other hand,we should attach importance to the cultivation of young people’s future orientation,help them clear the direction of their life,and provide corresponding career guidance.