Dual Filial Piety, Parent-Child Conflict and Psychological Adjustment

The sample of this study included 981 college students, senior high school students, and junior high school students in Greater Taipei and Xin-Zhu. The results found: (1) parent-child conflicts have a negative impact on children’s psychological adjustment.

(2) Appraisal of perceived threat and self-blame during conflicts mediates the negative relationship between parent-child conflict and adolescents’ adjustment. (3) Adolescents’ appraisal of perceived threat has significant effects on internalizing problems. (4) Although adolescents’ perceived threat during conflicts still influenced on externalizing problems, appraisal of self-blame also inhibited externalizing problems.