[[alternative]]A Study on the Perception of Parental Marital Relationships, the Quality of the Heterosexuality, and the Conflict Management of Senior High School Students and Vocational High School Students.

[[abstract]]The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationships among the variables of individual background, the perception of parental marital relationships, the quality of the heterosexuality, and the conflict management. The sample consisted of 428 adolescents from senior high school and vocational high school students in Taipei. The way of questionnaire is adopted in this study. Such study tools as “Perception of Parents’ Marital Relationship Scale”, “Quality of the Heterosexuality Scale”, and “Conflict Management Scale” are utilized here. The data obtained in the study is processed statistically with methods as “t-test”, “one-way ANOVA”, and “Pearson product-moment correlation”. The results of the study are as follows: 1. In terms of parents’ marital status, parents’ marital status has significant differences on the students’ perception of parents’ marital relationship; parents’ marital status has no significant differences on the students’ perception of the quality of the heterosexuality, and the conflict management. 2. In terms of gender, gender has significant differences on the students’ perception of parents’ marital relationship- in the “harmony” aspect. Male students’ perception of parental marital relationship is more harmonious and less conflict than female ones. Female students have higher “separateness” than male ones in the quality of heterosexual relationship. Male students’ conflict management have more “loyalty” than female ones in their heterosexual relationship. 3. In terms of romantic experience, students who have romantic experience have higher quality in the heterosexual relationship than those have no romantic experience. About conflict management, students who have romantic experience are more “voice” and “loyalty” than those have no romantic experience. 4. According to Pearson product-moment correlation, there is significantly relevance in the “expression of emotions” in the parents’ marital relationship and “satisfaction” in the quality of heterosexual relationship; there is significantly relevance in the “getting along” in the parents’ marital relationship and “separateness” in the quality of heterosexual relationship. There are significantly relevance in the “getting along”, “expression of emotions” in the parents’ marital relationship and “voice” in the heterosexual relationship. 5. There is significantly relevance in the quality of the heterosexuality and the conflict management. Finally, implication of the study of guidance for parents, educators, and future studies are proposed.