Family System Characteristics, Parental Behaviors, and Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction

Abstract

Adolescents' perceptions of overall family system characteristics, parental behaviors, and demographic factors were examined in relation to adolescent family life satisfaction, using self-report questionnaire data from 408 adolescents. Results of the hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that family bonding, family flexibility, parental support, and age of the adolescent were positively related to adolescent family life satisfaction, while parental punitiveness was negatively related to adolescent family life satisfaction. The subjects in single-parent families reported lower family life satisfaction.