Family structure transitions and adolescent well-being
Family structure transitions and adolescent well-being
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DOI：
10.1353/dem.2006.0021
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发表时间：
2006-08-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Brown, Susan L.
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作者：
Brown, Susan L.
使用波1和2的国家青少年健康纵向研究的数据，我通过检查父母的婚姻和同居过渡对青少年犯罪，抑郁症和学校参与的影响，扩展以前的研究家庭转型和青少年幸福。平均而言，经历过家庭转型的青少年的幸福感相对于稳定的双亲家庭有所下降。对各种类型的家庭稳定性和变化的具体比较表明，同居往往与较差的结果有关。从一个同居的继家庭搬到一个单亲母亲家庭并没有害处，实际上与学校参与度的提高有关。从单身母亲家庭搬到同居的继家庭会降低青少年的幸福感，这种影响比那些搬到已婚继家庭的人更大。稳定的同居stepfamilies与较低水平的幸福比稳定的已婚stepfamilies。通过婚姻使同居的再婚家庭正式化，并没有给青少年的幸福带来任何明显的好处。
Using data from Waves 1 and 2 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, I extend prior research on family transitions and adolescent well-being by examining the influence of parental marital and cohabitation transitions on adolescent delinquency, depression, and school engagement. Adolescents who experienced a family transition reported decreased well-being, on average, relative to those in stable, two-biological-parent families. Specific comparisons of various types of family stability and change revealed that cohabitation is often associated with poorer outcomes. Moving out Of a cohabiting stepfamily into a single-mother family was not harmful and was actually associated with improvements in school engagement. Moving into a cohabiting stepfamily from a single-mother family decreased adolescent well-being, and this impact was greater than that experienced by those who moved into a married stepfamily. Stable cohabiting stepfamilies were associated with lower levels of well-being than stable married stepfamilies. Formalization of a cohabiting stepfamily through marriage did not translate into any appreciable benefits for adolescent well-being.