Canadian portrait of changes in family structure and preschool children's behavioral outcomes
Canadian portrait of changes in family structure and preschool children's behavioral outcomes
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DOI：
10.1177/0165025414535121
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发表时间：
2014-11-01
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3.7
通讯作者：
Gosselin, Natasha
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作者：
Gosselin, Julie;Romano, Elisa;Gosselin, Natasha
虽然美国的数据有助于我们了解过去几十年来家庭组成的变化，但加拿大家庭的数据有限，而且以前的研究强调需要深入的纵向调查。本文通过提供1996年至2008年家庭组成变化的当前和详细肖像（研究1），开始填补这一空白。此外，我们还分析了特定儿童、父母和家庭特征在与家庭组成和家庭过渡相互作用中预测学龄前儿童行为结果的作用（研究2）。使用从全国儿童和青少年纵向调查（NLSCY）中收集的具有全国代表性的加拿大数据，我们将调查重点放在0-5岁的2,866名儿童在第8周期（2008年）的平均样本上。结果显示，随着时间的推移，非传统家庭家庭的儿童特征、家庭特征和家庭过程在预测三种行为结果（情绪问题、多动/冲动和身体攻击）方面存在显著关系。
Whereas US-based data have contributed to our understanding of family composition changes over the last decades, data on Canadian families are limited, and previous studies have stressed the need for in depth, longitudinal investigations. This article begins to fill this gap in the literature by providing a current and detailed portrait of family composition changes from 1996 to 2008 (Study 1). Additionally, we performed an analysis of the role of specific child, parent and family characteristics, in interaction with family composition and family transition, in predicting pre-school children's behavioral outcomes (Study 2). Using nationally-representative Canadian data collected from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), we focus our inquiry on a mean sample for 0-5-year-olds of 2,866 children at cycle 8 (2008). Results show increases in non-traditional family households over time, as well as significant relationships between child characteristics, household characteristics, and family processes in predicting three behavioral outcomes: emotional problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and physical aggression.