Perceived Parental Support and Adolescents' Positive Self-Beliefs and Levels of Distress Across Four Countries.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that parental support has beneficial effects on the psychological well-being of adolescents. Going beyond prior research, the present study made distinctions between information, emotional, and financial parental support and examined adolescents from United States (N = 1,002), China (N = 1,172), South Korea (N = 3,993), and Japan (N = 1,112). The frequency and impact of different types of perceived parental support on adolescents' positive self-belief and distress levels have been investigated. Consistent with the existing literature, the results showed American adolescents perceived greater emotional and informational support than others, while Chinese, Korean, and Japanese adolescents perceived greater tangible support compared to A

SUBMITTER: Chentsova Dutton YE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7079630 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature