Impact of Parent-Child Relationship on Adolescent Risk-Taking Behavior: The Mediating Role of School Connectedness

Abstract

785 middle and high school students were polled using the Parent-Child Relationship Scale, the Adolescent Risk-taking Behavior Questionnaire, and the School Connectedness Scale in order to examine the mechanisms underlying the parent-child relationship's influence on adolescent risk-taking action. The findings revealed that (1) parent-child relationship had a considerably negative effect on adolescent risk-taking behavior; (2) School connectedness was a significant mediating variable of parent-child relationship influencing adolescent risk-taking behavior. The findings revealed that both parent-child relationship and school connectedness are significant predictors of adolescent risk-taking behavior, and parent-child relationship can influence adolescent risk-taking behavior by affecting school connectedness. This study has certain guiding significance for the intervention of adolescent risk-taking behavior.