This study was designed to explore how the self-flexibility and the social support felt by the teenagers living in the grandparents-children families(G-C families) affect their adaptation to school life. For this research, 137 middle and high school s...
This study was designed to explore how the self-flexibility and the social support felt by the teenagers living in the grandparents-children families(G-C families) affect their adaptation to school life. For this research, 137 middle and high school students from the family background were sampled. The analysis was conducted based on 135 questionnaires except for two which were considered to be inappropriate due to insufficient answers. An SPSS statistical analysis program processed the collected data and the results are as follows. First, it turned out that there was a statistically meaningful difference in the correlation between the self- flexibility the teenagers in G-C families felt and their school life adaptation. Secondly, it proved that there was a statistically meaningful difference in the correlation between the social support felt by the G-C family teenagers and their school life adaptation. Thirdly, the statistical results showed that the self-flexibility the teenagers in G-C families felt and their school life adaptation were positively correlated. Fourth, the
influence the self-flexibility felt by the teenagers in G-C families had on their school life adaptation proved to be statistically meaningful; the higher the self-flexibility was, the more successful their school life adaptation was. Fifth, according to the statistical results, the social support the teenagers in G-C families felt and their school life adaptation were also positively correlated. Sixth, the influence the social support felt by the teenagers in G-C families had on their school life adaptation turned out to be statistically meaningful; the higher the social support was, the more successful their school adaptation was. Seventh, the analysis on the difference between the influences the self-flexibility and the social support felt by the G-C family teenagers had on their school life adaptation showed that the social support had a stronger impact on the lower variations related to school life adaptation such as their relationships with peers, and rules observance than the self-flexibility did. Therefore, careful concern and close attention should be paid to help improve the
self-flexibility and the social support for the teenagers in G-C families devoid of parents care and to monitor their adaptation to school life.