The Effects of Parents-Children Relationship Factors on Gifted Adolescents' Career Maturity : Focusing on Gender, Secondary School Level, and Comparison with Regular Adolescents

The Relationship Between Family Communication Quality and the Career Maturity of Adolescents: The Role of Time Perspective

“…7 As one of the three core dimensions of marital and family systems, 8 family communication has important implications for adolescents' career maturity. Previous research has found that high-quality communication between parents and children enables adolescents to achieve high levels of career maturity 9 and other aspects of positive career development, such as awareness of career barriers, 10 career aspiration, 11 rational career decision-making, 12 and career resilience. 13 High-quality family communication can facilitate the fulfillment of adolescents' psychological need for relatedness, the operation of family function, and the positive development of parent-adolescent relationships.…”

“…Although the association between family communication quality and career development has been established, some limitations of previous studies should be noted. First, most such research has been conducted in the cultural contexts of Canada and Korea, 9,16,17 whereas very little research has examined this association among Chinese adolescents. At present, the employment situation of young people in China is very difficult, as the country features an unemployment rate of approximately 20% for young people.…”

“…As hypothesized, our findings showed that high-quality communication between parents and adolescents can enhance adolescents' career maturity, which is consistent with previous research. 9 When they communicate openly with their parents, adolescents have more opportunities to express their opinions and feelings. 47 In this process, adolescents may receive parental support and perceive cohesion with their parents.…”