The effects of environmental factors on adolescent's socialization were examined. Data were drawn from 1,412 adolescents. A hypothesized model was tested the links among housing, family conflicts, parent-adolescent relationship, family stress, peer re...
The effects of environmental factors on adolescent's socialization were examined. Data were drawn from 1,412 adolescents. A hypothesized model was tested the links among housing, family conflicts, parent-adolescent relationship, family stress, peer relations, mass media, school atmosphere, consumption, consumer socialization, and adolescent's socialization. Adolescent's internal socialization was directly related to father-adolescent relationship, mother-adolescent relationship, family stress, housing, peer relations, school atmosphere, consumer socialization. The external socialization was directly related to father-adolescent, mother-adolescent, housing, peer relations, school atmosphere, consumer socialization. Mass media was the most important factor which could be predicated the adolescent's socialization.
The findings are consistent with a growing body of literature showing that the environmental factors are related to the adolescent's socialization.