2010
Occasional Paper
Society and Demographic Transition › Marriage and Family
馬麗莊、王家英、劉玉瓊、黃美菁、頼樂嫣。（2010）。《香港的親職壓力、教養風格取向與家庭功能：現況、相互關係及啟示》。香港：研究專論第206號，香港中文大學香港亞太研究所。Ma, J. L. C., Wong, T. K. Y., Lau, Y. K., Wong, M. M. C., & Lai, L. Y. (2010). Perceptions of parenting stress, parenting styles, and family functioning in Hong Kong: Current condition, interrelationships, and implications. Hong Kong: Occasional Paper No. 206, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (In Chinese)
Family Hong Kong Parenting
本文根據一項電話調查，嘗試系統地探討香港家長的親職壓力、教養風格取向，以及主觀家庭功能的現況及其相互關係。研究結果顯示，本地家長親職壓力屬普通。受訪父母雖然在子女出生後生活以子女為主，但是他們同時享受到箇中樂趣。本地家長的教養風格取向正面，反映受訪父母對子女有足夠的關心，而其對子女的管教也算適中。受訪父母的主觀家庭功能仍稍遜於國際標準，這跟過去本地研究一致。雙變項分析和迴歸分析顯示，低家庭收入、低教育程度和單親家長的親職壓力，比高收入、高教育程度、核心和擴大式家庭家長高，他們的主觀家庭功能也較差。在教養風格取向上，家庭收入和教育程度亦具顯著的影響，但單親家長在這方面的情況與核心和擴大式家庭家長分別不大。親職壓力與教養風格取向，以及主觀家庭功能有負關係，而教養風格取向與主觀家庭功能則存在正關係。然而，由於本研究是一次性調查，因此未能確立三者之間的因果關係。最後，本文也探討是次研究結果對社會工作實務和社會政策的啟示。
This paper reports the results of a telephone survey, which attempted to systemically explore and identify the perceptions of Hong Kong parents of their parenting stress, parenting styles, and family functioning, as well as to examine the interrelationships among these three elements. It shows that the level of the parenting stress of local parents was not as high as had been predicted. Although parents found that their time was mostly taken up by their children, they still enjoyed the parenting process. The parenting style of local parents tended to be positive, suggesting that they behave warmly towards their children and have set reasonable demands on them. Perceptions of the family functioning of parents were in line with those of previous local studies and are still slightly unhealthy according to international criteria. The results of the bivariate and regression analyses revealed that single parents, parents with a lower family income, and those with a lower level of education experienced higher parenting stress when compared to those from nuclear or extended families, and those with a higher family income and of a higher level of education. Perceptions of family functioning were also lower among the former. Family income and educational attainment were influential in shaping parenting style. However, the parenting style of single parents did not differ significantly from that of parents of nuclear or extended families. There were negative relationship between parenting stress and parenting style; between parenting stress and perceived family functioning. However, parenting style was positively associated with perceived family functioning. Nevertheless, since this study was a one-time survey, the causal relationships among parenting stress, parenting style, and perceived family functioning have yet to be determined. Lastly, the implications of the findings on social work practice and policy formulation are discussed.