Parent–child relationships as a protective factor in preventing adolescents' psychosocial risk in inter-racial adoptive and non-adoptive families

Author： Rosnati R. Marta E.

Publisher： Academic Press

ISSN： 0140-1971

Source： Journal of Adolescence, Vol.20, Iss.6, 1997-12, pp. : 617-631

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Abstract

This study aims to compare family relations in inter-racial adoptive and non-adoptive families with a late adolescent and to examine the extent to which family relations constitute a protective factor in preventing adolescents' psychosocial risk. The sample consisted of 103 inter-racial adoptive families and 150 non-adoptive families with a child aged between 16 and 19 years. Subjects were requested to complete a self-report questionnaire. The results suggest the existence of a different relational configuration in inter-racial adoptive and non-adoptive families. They also show that the father–child relationship and the mother–child relationship play different roles in preventing the adolescent's maladjustment in inter-racial adoptive and non-adoptive families.