Correlates of Parents' Involvement with Their Adolescent Children in Restructured and Biological Two-Parent Families: The Role of Child Characteristics

Autor/in	Flouri, Eirini
Titel	Correlates of Parents' Involvement with Their Adolescent Children in Restructured and Biological Two-Parent Families: The Role of Child Characteristics
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 28 (2004) 2, S.148-156 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1080/01650250344000352
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Parent Participation; Family Structure; Fathers; Parent Child Relationship; Secondary School Students; Adolescents; Individual Characteristics; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Self Esteem; Emotional Development; Child Behavior; Well Being; Foreign Countries; Correlation; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Elternmitwirkung; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sekundarschüler; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Gefühlsbildung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland; Korrelation; Großbritannien
Abstract	This study used data from both 225 fathers and mothers as well as their secondary school age children to explore the role of child characteristics (sex, age, self-esteem, and emotional and behavioural well-being) in mother's and father's involvement in biological and restructured (stepfather) two-parent families after controlling for known confounding factors. Parent involvement was assessed by both the child and the parents. Child-reported father's involvement was positively related to child-reported child's self-esteem, and child-reported mother's involvement was higher for girls. The interaction between family structure and father-reported child's emotional and behavioural problems was significant in predicting father-reported father's involvement. Stepfathers reported higher involvement when they viewed their stepchildren as psychologically well adjusted than when they viewed them as having emotional and behavioural problems. As a group, child characteristics were more significant in predicting fathers' than mothers' involvement. (Contains 4 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10