Linking Social Environments with the Well-Being of Adolescents in Dual-Earner and Single Working Parent Families

Autor/inn/en	Tisdale, Sandee; Pitt-Catsuphes, Marcie
Titel	Linking Social Environments with the Well-Being of Adolescents in Dual-Earner and Single Working Parent Families
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 44 (2012) 1, S.118-140 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X10396640
Schlagwörter	Physical Health; Adolescents; Educational Environment; Psychological Patterns; Well Being; Middle School Students; Correlation; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Employed Parents; One Parent Family; Regression (Statistics); Mothers; Fathers; Gender Differences; Parent Child Relationship; Prediction; Family Work Relationship; Neighborhoods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesundheitszustand; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Vorhersage; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft
Abstract	This investigation examined the relationships between middle school-aged children's perceptions of their social environments (home, school, neighborhood, and parental work) with self-reports of well-being. In the present study, well-being was defined by measures of physical health and psychological happiness. Data from the Nurturing Families Study were collected during in-person interviews with adolescents in dual-earner and single working parent families. Adolescents' subjective assessments were analyzed through two hierarchical regression models: mothers' (N = 149) and fathers' (N = 150). Findings suggest that child gender, perceptions of the school environment, and parents coming home from work in a good mood significantly predict the variability in adolescent self-reports of well-being. The school environment was found to have the strongest predictive power over variations in adolescents' well-being. Implications for practice and research, including improving supports within schools and focusing more attention on parental mood after work, are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10