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terms of gender, grade, types of schools etc; (2) Relationship between risk behaviors and
adolescents’ social support and whether the relationship is consistent across different types of risk
behaviors.
2063.93 A study of assessment of trust between adolescents and parents in China, Yiming Li,
Hong Zou, Jian Li, Qiuling Zhang, Beijing Normal University, China
Two self-designed questionnaires assessed the trust between Chinese adolescents and their parents.
Adolescents evaluated their trust on their parents in dependability, confidence-sharing,
promise-keeping, while parents evaluated their trust on their children in honesty, autonomy,
self-restriction, privacy-respecting. Questionnaires also assessed adolescents’ perception of their
parents’ trust on them vs. parents’ perception of their adolescents’ trust on them. Primary results
(490 families) showed that parents’ trust in adolescents was significantly higher than adolescents’
trust in parents. Furthermore, adolescents’ perception of parents’ trust was significantly lower than
the reality; but parents’ perception of adolescents’ trust was significantly higher than the reality.
2063.94 False self and mental health in adolescents, Linfen Xu, Qinmei Xu, Zhejiang
University, China
False self behavior involves the suppression of one’s opinions, thoughts and feelings. Engaging
high level false self may lead to lack of zest, depressive symptoms and low self-worth, and even
self-suicide behavior. So it is necessary to find out the expression of false self and its affect on the
self development and mental health of adolescents and understand why adolescents suppress their
opinions, thoughts and feelings, then we can help them preventing and decreasing their false self
behaviors to advance their mental health.
2063.95 The effects of peer support on adolescent global self-worth, Manman Liu, Qinmei Xu,
Zhejiang University, China
Harter demonstrates that peer support is an important determinant of global self-worth for
adolescents. To examine and extend this model, the present study investigated the relations among
objective peer support, perceived peer support, importance ratings of peer support and global
self-worth., and self-construals. Sociometric techniques were used to examine objective peer
support and self-report instrument to perceived peer support, importance ratings of peer support
and global self-worth; self-construals were examined in structural item-rank assessment. The
results include:1)importance ratings of peer support is a moderator; 2)adolescents’ different
importance ratings of peer support are due to the individual differences in self-construals.
2063.96 The relationship of adolescents’ cognitive complexity on personality and their school
adjustment, Hongmei Zhang 1 , Huichang Chen 2 , 1 Nanjing Xiaozhuang College, China; 2 Beijing
Normal University, China
The purpose of present study is to identify the relationships between adolescents’ personal
construction and their school adjustment. The participants were 512 students from grade 1 to
grade 6 of high schools. The Role Construct Repertory Test developed by George Kelley, the Test
of School Adjustment, and Scale of Ways of Coping developed by Folkman and Lazarus were
used in this study. Results show that there is significant relationship between adolescents’ personal
construction complexity and school achievement, school adjustment and ways of coping stress.
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