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10. Family Relationships During Adolescence and Stepchilden's Educational Attainment in Young Adulthood.

Author

King, Valarie, Pragg, Brianne, and Lindstrom, Rachel

Subjects
STEPCHILDREN, EDUCATIONAL attainment, COLLEGE attendance, FAMILY relations, STEPFAMILIES, PARENT-child relationships
Abstract

Objective: This study examines how the quality of family relationships in stepfamilies during adolescence are associated with stepchildren's 4‐year college attendance in young adulthood. Background: On average, college attendance is lower for youth in stepfamilies when compared with those living with two biological parents, but many children thrive and attain high levels of education despite the risks associated with stepfamily formation. The role of parents is central to understanding youths' educational attainment, but studies have not examined how adolescents' relationships with each of their parents in stepfamilies are related to college attendance. Method: This study uses a sample of 881 respondents who were in stable stepfamilies from Wave 1 to Wave 3 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Structural equation modeling was used to estimate both the direct and indirect pathways from family relationships at Wave 1 to young adults' college attendance at Wave 3. Results: Both higher quality stepfather–child relationships and nonresident father–child relationships were positively associated with young adults' college attendance. Mother–child relationship quality was not associated with college attendance. Conclusion: Maintaining children's ties to nonresident fathers after parental separation and fostering close ties to stepfathers when mothers repartner may have long‐term positive consequences for youths' educational attainment. The findings also suggest an important need for future research to examine children's relationships with each of their parents to better understand youth outcomes in stepfamilies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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12. Parent–Child Relationships in Stepfather Families and Adolescent Adjustment: A Latent Class Analysis

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Amato, Paul R., King, Valarie, and Thorsen, Maggie L.

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In the current study the authors drew on Waves I and III from Add Health to examine the closeness of parent-adolescent relationships in married mother-stepfather families (N = 1,934). They used latent class analysis to identify family constellations defined by adolescents' relationships with all of their parents: mothers, stepfathers, and biological nonresident fathers. In particular, the authors (a) identified the most common underlying patterns of adolescent-parent relationships in stepfamilies; (b) determined the background characteristics that predict membership in these groups; and (c) examined how adolescents in these groups fare with respect to depressive symptoms, delinquency, and substance use. The results indicate that adolescents' relationships can be represented with 4 latent classes. Adolescents in these classes differ on measures of adjustment, and many of these differences persist into the early adult years.

Published
2015

15. Parent-Adolescent Closeness, Family Belonging, and Adolescent Well-Being Across Family Structures.

Author

King, Valarie, Boyd, Lisa M., and Pragg, Brianne

Subjects
FAMILIES & psychology, BIRTHPARENTS, DEPRESSION in adolescence, FAMILIES, PARENT-child relationships, STEPFAMILIES, SUBSTANCE abuse, ADOLESCENT health
Abstract

Adolescents in stepfamilies and single-parent families tend to report lower levels of well-being than adolescents who live with two biological parents. Using data from Add Health (n = 16,684), the present study builds on this literature by examining family-level predictors of adolescent depressive symptoms, delinquency, failing a class, heavy alcohol use, tobacco use, and marijuana use. We focus on feelings of family belonging as a predictor of adolescent well-being and find that this measure is significantly associated with well-being in all family types, and particularly in two-biological-parent families. In addition, results indicate that family belonging mediates associations between parent-adolescent closeness and well-being for most outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018
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16. Bullying and Internalizing Problems: Gender Differences and the Buffering Role of Parental Communication.

Author

Ledwell, Maggie and King, Valarie

Subjects
BULLYING & psychology, ANALYSIS of variance, ANXIETY, BULLYING, CHI-squared test, COMMUNICATION, MENTAL depression, FACTOR analysis, GOODNESS-of-fit tests, MENTAL health, PARENTING, QUALITY of life, RESEARCH funding, SEX distribution, SAMPLE size (Statistics), SOCIAL support, STRUCTURAL equation modeling, MAXIMUM likelihood statistics, DISEASE prevalence, CROSS-sectional method, DATA analysis software, DESCRIPTIVE statistics, ADOLESCENCE
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2015
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35. Love, Health, and the 'Hood: An Examination of Romantic Relationship Adjustment and Perceived Neighborhood Quality as Predictors of Partnered Black Americans' Long-Term Psychological Health.

Author

Jenkins, August I. C., Fredman, Steffany J., Gamaldo, Alyssa A., King, Valarie, and Almeida, David M.

Subjects
*AFRICAN Americans, *PERCEIVED quality, *MIDDLE age, *AFFECT (Psychology), *GENDER differences (Sociology), *BLACK men, *PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation, *STUDENT adjustment
Abstract

Existing disparities regarding Black Americans' psychological health warrant further investigation of socioecological factors that may be associated with negative and positive dimensions of psychological health in this population. Romantic relationship functioning and neighborhood context are two domains relevant to Black Americans' mental health. However, less is known about how they may serve as independent and interactive prospective predictors of Black Americans' psychological health and potentially in distinctive ways for Black men and women. Using data from 333 partnered Black Americans who participated in the Midlife in the United States study, we investigated relationship adjustment and neighborhood quality as independent and interactive predictors of negative and positive affect 10 years later and examined gender differences in these linkages. Higher neighborhood quality predicted lower levels of negative affect and higher levels of positive affect for both men and women a decade later. Additionally, for Black men, the longitudinal association between relationship adjustment and negative affect differed by neighborhood quality such that better relationship adjustment predicted higher subsequent negative affect only for men in lower quality neighborhoods. Findings demonstrate the connections among romantic relationship functioning, ecological resources, and gender in this population and highlight the importance of incorporating socioecological and intersectional perspectives for predicting Black Americans' long-term psychological health. General Scientific Summary: This study suggests that living in higher quality neighborhoods is related to greater positive aspects and lower negative aspects of psychological health over time for Black Americans. Moreover, for Black men specifically, better romantic relationship functioning is connected to poorer psychological health when they reside in lower quality neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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36. Children’s Mental Health Mental health , Deployment Deployments , Parental Mental Health Parental mental health , and Family Dynamics: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Family Study Millennium Cohort Family Study

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Briggs, Ernestine C., Murphy, Robert A., Hill, Sherika N., Corry, Nida H., Stander, Valerie A., Tunno, Angela M., Pflieger, Jacqueline C., Richardson, Sabrina M., Fairbank, John A., McHale, Susan M., Series Editor, King, Valarie, Series Editor, and Glick, Jennifer E., Series Editor

Published
2022
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