Abstract
The present study investigated the relationship between students' trust in their parents and their school adjustment. Junior high school students (N=563) completed a questionnaire. The results were as follows. First, exploratory factor analysis of the scale for students' trust in their mothers revealed 3 factors: “evaluation of role accomplishment by mother,” “sense of security in mother,” and “distrust toward mother. ”Second, exploratory factor analysis of the scale for students' trust in their fathers revealed 3 factors: “sense of security and confidence in father,” “distrust toward father,” and “affinity for father. ”Finally, students' trust in their parents was correlated with their school adjustment, and the correlation differed according to the different relationships (with mother vs. with father), students' grade level, and students' gender.
