Abstract: Parent-adolescent communication research has become one of the key research areas between family and adolescent psychological development. Since 1970’s, western developmental scientists began to explore the inner mechanism of parent-adolescent interaction. They used questionnaires and interviewed contents, frequency, satisfaction and problems of parent-adolescent communication, and also factors which influenced parent-adolescent communication, the relationship between parent-adolescent communication and adolescent psychological development.

Key words: adolescents, parent-adolescent communication, social adaption