Abstract:
This survey research was aimed at studying the effects of parental styles, sex and family incomes on interpersonal relations of adolescents in Bangkok and the interactions between the former and the latter.The samples consisting of 351 Matthayom Suksa four students, were asked to fill out a questionnaire on parental styles and interpersonal relations: FIRO-B. The data so obtained were analyzed in terms of mean, standard deviation and ANOVA. The results of the study were as followsThe adolescents with supportive parental style had higher scores on FIRO-B in "the wanted inclusion" and "the expressed control" behaviors than those with overprotective and rejective parental styles, and in "the expressed affection" and "the wanted affection" behaviors than those with rejective parental style. The adolescentswith overprotective parental style had higher scores in "the expressed inclusion" and"the wanted control" behaviors than those with supportive and rejective parental styles at 0.05 level of significance.Male adolescents had higher scores on the FJRO-B in "the wanted inclusion" and "the expressed control" behaviors than their female counterparts, whereas female adolescents had higher scores in "the wanted affection" behaviors than their niale counterparts at 0.05 level of significance.The adolescents from middle and high family incomes showed higher scores on the FTRO-B in "the expressed inclusion", "the wanted inclusion" and "the expressed affection" behaviors than those from the low family income at 0.05 level of significance.In terms of the interactions between parenatal styles, sex and family incomes and the adolescents' interpersonal relations, it was found that parental styles and sex affected "the wanted inclusion", the expressed affection" and "the wanted affection" behaviors whereas parental styles and family incomes "the expressed control", "the expressed affecton" and "the wanted affection" behaviors.