Abstract

The purpose of this study is to designed the ralationships among parent adolescent communication, family function and mental health in adolescent in order to identify nursing strategies to improve the mental health and family therapy of adolescent. The sampling subject of the study are 431 Students from the high school located in Pusan Metropolitan City. The sampling period was from November of 2000 to December of 2000 (one month). The research methods used for this study were PAC(Parent Adolescent Communication), FACES (Family Adaptability Cohesion Evaluation Scale), and SCL-90-R (Symptom Check List -90 Revision) (1984). The data were analyzed by using SPSS/PC+(mean, S.D,t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation). The results of the study were as follows; 1. The mean value was 3.39 ± .50 in Parent Adolescent Communication, father's open type mean value was 3.17 ± .70, father's problem type mean value was 3.52 ± .52, mother's open type mean value was 3.39 ± .69, mother's problem type mean value was 3.48 ± .50. The Family Function was divided into the cohesion and adaptability, the mean value of cohesion and adaptability were 3.39 ± .72 and 3.30 ±.67, respectively, The mean value of Mental Health was .84 ± .58. 2. There were significant correlations, between Parent Adolescent Communication and Family Function (r=.720, p=.001), between Parent Adolescent Communication and Mental Health(r=.373, P=.000), between Family Function and Mental Health(r=.295, P=.000).

• Keywords: Relationship, Communication, Family Function, Mental Health, Adolescent.;