2013 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 33-40
The Adolescents’ Response to Parents’ Marital Conflict Scale was developed and administered to 602 high-school students in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade in order to examine its constructs and internal consistency. A multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis showed that the scale had a common structure across the Japanese and Chinese samples. To some extent, the internal consistency of the Adolescents’ Response to Parents’ Marital Conflict Scale was confirmed. When encountering a parents’ marital conflict, women scored higher than men on "depression/anxiety," "irritation/anger," and "interventional behavior" in both countries. Moreover, 3rd grade (high-school) students scored higher on "parents’ conflict resolution" than 1st and 2nd grade students in both countries. There were some differences between the two countries in the adolescents’ response: Japanese adolescents scored high on "coping efficacy toward self," and "avoidance behavior," and Chinese adolescents scored high on "parents’ conflict resolution", "depression/anxiety," "irritation/anger," and "interventional behavior." The differences of adolescents’ response between the two countries were discussed from the perspective of cross-cultural psychology.
