The Relationship between Quality Time Spent As a Family And Emotional Well-Being of Adolescents in That Family

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to establish if there was a relationship between quality time spent as a family and emotional well-being of adolescents in that family. Objectives: The objectives were: to find out how much time families with adolescents spend together, to measure the emotional well-being of adolescents in that family, to find out if there is a relationship between quality time spent as a family and emotional wellbeing of adolescents in that family, and to determine the appropriateness of emotion focused family therapy on emotional well-being of adolescents. Methodology: A quantitative approach was used that employed a survey research design and stratified random sampling method was used. Results: The results showed that the mean for average daily time spent with family was 5.1 hours (SD = 3.01) and mean for emotional well-being was 3.35 (SD = 0.731). Conclusion: There was a strong, significant positive correlation between emotional well-being and the sub-scales of quality time spent as a family (problem solving, communication, roles, affective involvement, behaviour control and general functioning). There was no correlation with the sub-scale affective responsiveness. Roles, behaviour control and general functioning were the highest predictors of emotional well-being.