Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships

Autor/inn/en	Jensen, Todd M.; Shafer, Kevin
Titel	Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships
Quelle	In: Social Work, 58 (2013) 2, S.127-136 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-8046
DOI	10.1093/sw/swt007
Schlagwörter	Well Being; Family Role; Young Adults; Mothers; Family Relationship; Family Structure; Divorce; Marriage; Fathers; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Child Relationship; Conflict; Parenting Styles; Gender Differences; Counseling; Childhood Attitudes; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Mother; Mutter; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ehescheidung; Ehe; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Konflikt; Geschlechterkonflikt; Counselling; Beratung
Abstract	Current research on stepfamily well-being often overlooks the perspective of children, and deals primarily with factors as reported by the adults involved. The authors examine a number of family role characteristics, parental subsystem characteristics, and resources that might influence how children perceive the quality of their stepfamily relationships. A sample of 1,088 children in households with a mother and stepfather, ages 10 to 16 years, in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 cohort--Children and Young Adult Sample, is used for the analyses. Results indicate that open communication between children and their mothers, low amounts of arguing between mothers and stepfathers, along with agreement on parenting, and gender, all affect the closeness children report having with their stepfathers. Conclusions, limitations, and clinical implications are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10