Todd M Jensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 223008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd M Jensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd M |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN T M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6930-899X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 57 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 126 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 57 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
The Role of Neighborhood and Emotional Support in Mitigating Impacts of Economic Stress Among Stepfamilies
Individuals in stepfamilies face unique challenges compared to those in two-parent, biologically connected families. Given these unique circumstances, it is unclear whether established models of economic hardship and their impacts on family processes and children’s development are applicable across diverse family structures. This study aims to test the Family Stress Model (FSM) within stepfamilies, as well as identify the potential role of neighb…
Stepparent Involvement in Discipline and Adolescent Maladjustment: What Factors Moderate the Association
The current study examined associations between stepparent involvement in discipline and adolescent maladjustment, as well as factors that moderate these associations. Using survey data from 507 U.S. adolescents (ages 13–18) residing with a stepparent, we assessed links between stepparent discipline and two indicators of maladjustment: conduct problems and depressive symptoms. Regression analyses revealed that greater stepparent involvement in di…
Heterogeneity in family dynamics among adolescents engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors: A latent class analysis
Background: Little is known about whether and to what extent family factors associated with risky sexual behaviors, such as experiencing commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) or having prior sexually transmitted infections (STIs), differ across risk groups of adolescents. Methods: We conducted secondary analysis of a nationally representative dataset. Latent class analysis was used to assess heterogeneity in family characteristics and childhood ad…
Latent profile analysis of family and school supports among Chinese adolescents in stepfamilies
Divorce and remarriage rates have increased dramatically in China, and more children live in stepfamilies. There remain valuable opportunities to understand the various family and school assets that support the well‐being of Chinese youth amid family structural transitions, such as the transition to stepfamily life. Using latent profile analysis, the current study seeks to identify patterns of youth support using seven family‐related variables an…
Children’s Pathways into Commercial Sexual Exploitation in the United States: A Systematic Review
This study examined current evidence on children’s pathways into commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) in the United States to determine if characteristics, vulnerabilities, and social contexts were distinguishable by age, gender, race/ethnicity, and location. Using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses guidelines, peer-reviewed studies and grey literature were included if they were focused on CSE pathways prior to age …
A systematic review of correlates of stepparent–child relationship quality from children's perspectives: A 10‐year update
Stepfamilies are common and warrant attention from family theorists, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. The distinctness and centrality of stepparent–child relationships have prompted researchers to compile and synthesize study findings related to correlates of stepparent–child relationship quality. Building on a previous systematic review published in 2015, the purpose of this systematic review was to offer a 10‐year update and synthe…
Assessing the Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Foster Youth Mental Health Services Utilization
Having a House but Not a Home: A Critical Reflection on Prioritizing Youth Perspectives and Well‐Being in Research on Family Structural Transitions
Having a house but not a home is a metaphor that aligns with themes I highlight in this critical reflection on the personal, professional, and political experiences that have shaped who I am and fueled my scholarship centering youth perspectives and well‐being in the context of family structural transitions. Rooted in feminist reflexive analysis and life course theory, I outline components of my personal life that catalyzed my career as a family …
Examining equifinality and multifinality using outcome‐partitioned person‐centered analyses: A proof‐of‐concept with youth developmental assets and health
Early general systems theorists proposed a key difference between living systems and physical systems is the widespread presence of equifinality and multifinality among living organisms. That is, in living systems, there are often variable pathways to the same outcomes (equifinality), or the same starting conditions can lead to disparate outcomes (multifinality). Family scientists, however, frequently use methods (adapted from the physical scienc…
Toward a Better Understanding of Primary Care Physician Career Typologies
BACKGROUND: The nation faces a persistent shortage and maldistribution of primary care physicians (PCPs). A better understanding of PCP career typologies could help policy makers target interventions toward certain subgroups, rather than using a "one-size fits all" approach to improving PCP supply, distribution and diversity across settings and in rural areas. METHODS: This study used cross-sectional data from 2009 and 2019, derived from the Nort…
Burnout and Job Satisfaction among U.S. Peer Recovery Support Specialists: Personal Resilience and Satisfaction with Supervisor and Organizational Support as Mediating Mechanisms
The Impact of Community‐Level Social and Economic Factors on Healthcare Access Among Individuals With Mental Illness
Aims: We examined how community‐level socioeconomic deprivation and residential stability impact healthcare access among a sample of individuals with mental illness. Methods: We linked five years of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS; 2013–2017) with community‐level data, drawing a sample of adults with mental illness in the United Sates ( N = 5444). Descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariable logistic regression models are pre…
Advice for New Stepparents From the Perspective of Stepchildren Who Experienced Stepfamily Formation During Adolescence
Stepfamilies are increasingly common and advancing research focused on the relational and interactional dynamics between stepparents and adolescents , particularly from the perspective of stepchildren, remains urgent. The current study employed qualitative methods to explore specific advice for new stepparents from stepchildren who experienced stepfamily formation during adolescence. Maximum variation sampling yielded a socio-demographically dive…
Prioritized Functions of Family Systems Over Time: A Qualitative Analysis
There remain gaps in the literature with respect to how individuals perceive, identify, and make sense of the functions of their families over time as social systems. Leveraging a qualitative approach rooted in a contextual constructionist epistemology and life course theory, the prioritized functions of family systems were explored via semi-structured, in-depth interviews among 17 adults in various regions of the United States (50% non-Hispanic …
Patterns and predictors of adolescent engagement in a mindfulness‐based social–emotional learning program
INTRODUCTION: Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) show promise for promoting positive youth development, little is known about student engagement in MBIs. Initial research presents mixed findings in MBI engagement related to participant characteristics, and there is a lack of research examining the influence of context on engagement, despite the critical role context plays in academic engagement. This study examines the contribution o…
Mental health profiles of depressive symptoms and personal well‐being among active‐duty military families
Although some research has examined the mental health of individual family members in military families, additional research is needed that considers mental health among multiple members of the family system simultaneously and that characterizes subsets of families with distinct patterns. Mental health patterns of depressive symptoms and well‐being in and among families were identified using latent profile analysis with a community sample of 236 …
Conceptualizing adverse childhood experiences as a latent factor: Tests of measurement invariance across five racial and ethnic groups
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are conventionally measured using a cumulative-risk index without consideration of distinct measurement properties across racial and ethnic groups. Drawing from the 2018–2020 National Survey of Children's Health (N = 93,759; 48% female; average age: 9.52 years), we assess the measurement invariance of a latent-factor ACE model across five groups: Hispanic children (14%) and non-Hispanic White (73%), Black (7%)…
It isn’t just Mom: Gendered provision of family and home responsibilities among emerging adults during Covid-19
Media and research reports have highlighted the disproportionate burden of home and family responsibilities shouldered by women and mothers due to COVID-19-related school/childcare shutdowns. This cross-sectional study extends this line of inquiry to emerging adults. Our study of 329 diverse emerging adults suggests that young women took on more home/family responsibilities than young men amidst the pandemic, and that these duties were associated…
The power of humility in theory development
Engaging in literature review, synthesis, and meta‐analysis: A few considerations for family scholars
Given their value, literature reviews and syntheses are featured in numerous family‐centered academic journals, including the flagship journals of the National Council on Family Relations. Although literature reviews and syntheses, including meta‐analyses, have been published in family‐centered academic journals for decades, the application of these methods to topics germane to family science has increased substantially over time. This trend—coup…
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure: Advancing a critical theoretical research agenda
Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents. Evidence increasingly calls into question conventional wisdom about the universal benefits of the two‐parent family, yet mainstream approaches to studying family structure continu…
A Representative Profile of MSW Graduates in the United States
As the United States faces burgeoning behavioral health needs and a growing recognition of the inextricable link between social conditions and health outcomes and quality-of-life indicators, a current representative profile of the MSW workforce with respect to sociodemographic and employment characteristics can provide a reference point for ongoing assessments of that workforce. The profile also can establish a baseline by which efforts to bolste…
What is QuantCrit doing in a nice field like family science
Family science is grappling with the legacy of White supremacy embedded in its theories and methodologies. This presents an opportunity to move beyond traditional theoretical perspectives and statistical approaches that have perpetuated racist assumptions about the inferiority of people of color compared to White Americans. We build on Curtis et al.'s (2022) introduction of Quantitative Criticalism by presenting quantitative critical race theory …
Associations between dyadic relationship quality and stepfamily functioning: A common fate modeling approach
Clinical and empirical literatures have highlighted the value of attending to distinct dyads within stepfamilies to ensure the needs of various relationships are being met. From a family systems perspective, the growth and maintenance of positive dynamics within one dyadic relationship can yield gains in other relationships and shape the larger stepfamily environment. Research seeking to link information about dyads and larger stepfamily systems …
The Relationship Between a Lifetime History of Sexual Victimization and Perinatal Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships
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, i…
Bidirectional Relations Between Parenting and Behavior Problems From Age 8 to 13 in Nine Countries
This study used data from 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States; N = 1,298) to understand the cross-cultural generalizability of how parental warmth and control are bidirectionally related to externalizing and internalizing behaviors from childhood to early adolescence. Mothers, fathers, and children completed measures when children were ages 8-13. Multipl…
Transitioning to stepfamily life: The influence of closeness with biological parents and stepparents on children's stress
Family transitions, such as stepfamily formation, can be a source of stress for adults and children. Yet, the stepfamily literature lacks a focus on factors that influence child stress levels while transitioning to stepfamily life. Using a social support perspective, the purpose of this study was to assess the independent and additive influence of closeness with three common parental figures on retrospective reports of stress experienced by child…
Late-Life Divorce and Postdivorce Adult Subjective Well-Being
Late-life divorce-divorce at 50 years and older-is an increasingly common event in the United States. Despite this trend, the conditions and outcomes for those involved in late-life divorce remain understudied. Drawing on Schlossberg's transition theory, we assess four sets of risk and protective factors (i.e., situation, self, support, and coping strategies) that could influence the postdivorce life satisfaction of adults who experience late-lif…
Reimagining stagnant perspectives of family structure: Advancing a critical theoretical research agenda
Many Americans believe that a breakdown in the “traditional” two‐married‐parent family and the rise in single‐parent families are responsible for persistent family inequality. The general argument is that children do best when they are raised by both biological parents. Evidence increasingly calls into question conventional wisdom about the universal benefits of the two‐parent family, yet mainstream approaches to studying family structure continu…
Toward More Accurate Measures of Family Structure: Accounting for Sibling Complexity
In this article, we argue that accounting for sibling complexity is a necessary step toward more accurate assessments of family structure. First, we argue that current conceptualizations of family structure are rooted in (and reinforce) Eurocentric definitions of family, and we highlight contradictions between family theory and measurements of family structure. Second, we discuss the prevalence of diverse sibling compositions in families and show…
Theorizing Ambiguous Gain: Opportunities for Family Scholarship
Family stressors marked by ambiguity can place significant demands on families. Family scholars have written extensively about ambiguous stressors in the context of loss or separation—situations that represent ambiguous loss. Given extant demographic trends, including those that lead to changes in family structure, there remain valuable opportunities to highlight ambiguous stressors that arise from situations of family gain or acquisition—situati…
Former Spouse Ties and Postdivorce Relationship Quality: Relationship Effort as a Mediator
One potential problem area in remarriages is problems with or ties to an ex-spouse. This study focuses on identifying factors central to the relationship dynamics such as relationship satisfaction and stability. Additional emphasis is placed on specific and targeted work in a relationship with the goal of improving it, and its potential mediating effect on any negative relationship between ex-spouse ties and low relationship quality. Using second…
Mindful Parenting and Parent Technology Use: Examining the Intersections and Outlining Future Research Directions
Popular media attention and scientific research in both mindful parenting and technology use in the context of parenting has expanded in the 21st century; however, these two streams of research have largely evolved separately from one another. Thus, in this conceptual paper, we integrate the research on mindful parenting with that on parents' technology use and parenting to examine how parent technology use may impact or be linked with aspects of…
A Dyadic Analysis of Emotion Regulation as a Moderator of Associations Between Marital Conflict and Marital Satisfaction Among First-married and Remarried Couples
We examined emotion regulation strategies as moderators of marital conflict and marital satisfaction between first-married and remarried couples. Remarried couples with a stepchild ( n = 108) and first marriage couples ( n = 111) with a child completed online surveys. Perceptions of both spouses were analyzed using actor-partner interdependence modeling. Although remarried spouses reported more marital conflict and lower marital satisfaction than…
Stepparent-Child Relationship Quality and Couple Relationship Quality: Stepfamily Household Type as a Moderating Influence
Stepparent-child relationships and new couple relationships are core pillars of stepfamily functioning and well-being. Although research generally indicates that stepparent-child relationship quality and couple relationship quality are positively associated, questions remain about in which contexts and from whose perspective this association holds. Using reports from parents and stepparents in a sample of 291 stepfamily heterosexual couples, we a…
Engaging in literature review, synthesis, and meta‐analysis: A few considerations for family scholars
Given their value, literature reviews and syntheses are featured in numerous family‐centered academic journals, including the flagship journals of the National Council on Family Relations. Although literature reviews and syntheses, including meta‐analyses, have been published in family‐centered academic journals for decades, the application of these methods to topics germane to family science has increased substantially over time. This trend—coup…
Positioning Social Work Researchers for Engaged Scholarship to Promote Public Impact
The concept of engaged scholarship has garnered significant attention across numerous scientific disciplines. Engaged scholarship can be conceptualized as both a method centered on cocreating and applying new knowledge and a movement focused on prioritizing community identification of needs and social problem-solving strategies. In an effort to position social work researchers for engaged scholarship to promote public impact, we provide an overvi…
Harnessing the strength of families to prevent social problems and promote adolescent well-being
Differences in Relationship Stability Between Individuals in First and Second Marriages: A Propensity Score Analysis
Compared to first marriages, remarriages have consistently demonstrated higher rates of divorce. Theories used to explain this phenomenon include the family process and selection perspectives. Researchers have attempted to address selection bias in this area but have not yet employed propensity score analysis to bolster causal inference. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of covariate control methods for handling selection bias c…
The Willingness of Military Members to Seek Help: The Role of Social Involvement and Social Responsibility
Anchored in the social organization theory of action and change, we use data from a large sample of active‐duty Air Force members to examine the direct and indirect influence of social involvement and social responsibility on willingness to seek help in times of need via trust in formal systems and informal supports. Group comparisons are conducted between junior male, junior female, senior male, and senior female service members. The key mediati…
Differences in Relationship Quality Measurement and Covariate Influence Between Individuals in First and Second Marriages: A Propensity Score Analysis
Few studies have examined relationship quality construct measurement and covariate influence differences between first married and remarried individuals. We used multiple-sample confirmatory factor analysis and structural regression invariance testing to assess relationship quality measurement and covariate influence differences between these two groups. We account for selection bias on 11 observed selection variables by comparing outcomes before…
The power of humility in theory development
A Representative Profile of MSW Graduates in the United States
As the United States faces burgeoning behavioral health needs and a growing recognition of the inextricable link between social conditions and health outcomes and quality-of-life indicators, a current representative profile of the MSW workforce with respect to sociodemographic and employment characteristics can provide a reference point for ongoing assessments of that workforce. The profile also can establish a baseline by which efforts to bolste…
What is QuantCrit doing in a nice field like family science
Family science is grappling with the legacy of White supremacy embedded in its theories and methodologies. This presents an opportunity to move beyond traditional theoretical perspectives and statistical approaches that have perpetuated racist assumptions about the inferiority of people of color compared to White Americans. We build on Curtis et al.'s (2022) introduction of Quantitative Criticalism by presenting quantitative critical race theory …
Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Parenting and Children’s Externalizing Behaviors: Transactional Processes Over Time
This study used longitudinal data to examine the transactional associations between mothers' spanking and mother-child relationship quality with children's externalizing behaviors in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV). Data came from a sample of 1,152 low-income mothers with children age 10-14 years. Results showed that past-year IPV triggered transactional associations by increasing children's externalizing behaviors which, in turn, …
Correlates of Help-Seeking Intentions among Airmen in the Context of Family Maltreatment Perpetration: Practical Barriers as a Moderating Influence
Stepfamily Processes and Youth Adjustment: The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Collective Efficacy
Using a representative sample from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and a recently developed stepfamily-process typology, this study explores three plausible functions of perceived neighborhood collective efficacy with respect to stepfamily life and youth adjustment: an ability to (1) prevent maladaptive patterns of stepfamily processes, (2) promote stepchildren's adjustment beyond the influence of stepfamily processe…
Remarital Chances, Choices, and Economic Consequences: Issues of Social and Personal Welfare
Many divorced women experience a significant decline in financial, social, physical, and psychological well-being following a divorce. Using data from the NLSY79 (n= 2,520) we compare welfare recipients, mothers, and impoverished women to less marginalized divorcees on remarriage chances. Furthermore, we look at the kinds of men these women marry by focusing on the employment and education of new spouses. Finally, we address how remarriage and sp…
Remarital Chances, Choices, and Economic Consequences: Issues of Social and Personal Welfare
Many divorced women experience a significant decline in financial, social, physical, and psychological well-being following a divorce. Using data from the NLSY79 (n= 2,520) we compare welfare recipients, mothers, and impoverished women to less marginalized divorcees on remarriage chances. Furthermore, we look at the kinds of men these women marry by focusing on the employment and education of new spouses. Finally, we address how remarriage and sp…
Former Spouse Ties and Postdivorce Relationship Quality: Relationship Effort as a Mediator
One potential problem area in remarriages is problems with or ties to an ex-spouse. This study focuses on identifying factors central to the relationship dynamics such as relationship satisfaction and stability. Additional emphasis is placed on specific and targeted work in a relationship with the goal of improving it, and its potential mediating effect on any negative relationship between ex-spouse ties and low relationship quality. Using second…
Stepfamily Functioning and Closeness: Children's Views on Second Marriages and Stepfather Relationships
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, i…
Differences in Relationship Quality Measurement and Covariate Influence Between Individuals in First and Second Marriages: A Propensity Score Analysis
Few studies have examined relationship quality construct measurement and covariate influence differences between first married and remarried individuals. We used multiple-sample confirmatory factor analysis and structural regression invariance testing to assess relationship quality measurement and covariate influence differences between these two groups. We account for selection bias on 11 observed selection variables by comparing outcomes before…
Adult Attachment and Stepparenting Issues: Couple Relationship Quality as a Mediating Factor
Using a sample of 390 stepparents, we assess the influence of insecure attachment and couple relationship quality on stepparenting issues. We also examine the extent to which relationship quality mediates connections between attachment and stepparenting issues. Results from ordinary least squares regression and Sobel tests indicate greater levels of attachment avoidance and anxiety are associated with greater levels of stepparenting issues. Resul…
Mid- and Late-Life Divorce and Parents’ Perceptions of Emerging Adult Children’s Emotional Reactions
A paucity of research exists pertaining to the experiences of emerging adult children in the context of parental divorce. This study uses Paul R. Amato’s divorce-stress-adjustment framework to organize a set of predictors that potentially influence parents’ perceptions of their emerging adult children’s emotional reactions to a divorce. Data come from a nationally representative AARP study, from which we analyzed a sample of 283 parents who exper…
Perceived Stepparent–Child Relationship Quality: A Systematic Review of Stepchildren's Perspectives
Transitioning to stepfamily life: The influence of closeness with biological parents and stepparents on children's stress
Family transitions, such as stepfamily formation, can be a source of stress for adults and children. Yet, the stepfamily literature lacks a focus on factors that influence child stress levels while transitioning to stepfamily life. Using a social support perspective, the purpose of this study was to assess the independent and additive influence of closeness with three common parental figures on retrospective reports of stress experienced by child…
Stepfamily Relationship Quality and Stepchildren’s Depression in Adolescence and Adulthood
Before reaching adulthood, one-third of all youth in the United States will reside in a stepfamily household-a familial context marked by distinct challenges. Relatively few studies have explored family processes that promote youth adjustment in stepfamilies, and even fewer studies have examined these links across adolescence, emerging adulthood, and beyond. To address these gaps, we use a nationally representative sample of 758 adolescent stepch…
The Willingness of Military Members to Seek Help: The Role of Social Involvement and Social Responsibility
Anchored in the social organization theory of action and change, we use data from a large sample of active‐duty Air Force members to examine the direct and indirect influence of social involvement and social responsibility on willingness to seek help in times of need via trust in formal systems and informal supports. Group comparisons are conducted between junior male, junior female, senior male, and senior female service members. The key mediati…
Harnessing the strength of families to prevent social problems and promote adolescent well-being
Differences in Relationship Stability Between Individuals in First and Second Marriages: A Propensity Score Analysis
Compared to first marriages, remarriages have consistently demonstrated higher rates of divorce. Theories used to explain this phenomenon include the family process and selection perspectives. Researchers have attempted to address selection bias in this area but have not yet employed propensity score analysis to bolster causal inference. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of covariate control methods for handling selection bias c…
Late-Life Divorce and Postdivorce Adult Subjective Well-Being
Late-life divorce-divorce at 50 years and older-is an increasingly common event in the United States. Despite this trend, the conditions and outcomes for those involved in late-life divorce remain understudied. Drawing on Schlossberg's transition theory, we assess four sets of risk and protective factors (i.e., situation, self, support, and coping strategies) that could influence the postdivorce life satisfaction of adults who experience late-lif…
Bidirectional Relations Between Parenting and Behavior Problems From Age 8 to 13 in Nine Countries
This study used data from 12 cultural groups in nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States; N = 1,298) to understand the cross-cultural generalizability of how parental warmth and control are bidirectionally related to externalizing and internalizing behaviors from childhood to early adolescence. Mothers, fathers, and children completed measures when children were ages 8-13. Multipl…
Latent Profiles of Residential Stepfamily Relationship Quality and Family Stability
Stepfamilies are an increasingly common context in which adults and children reside. Past research has examined family processes that promote family resilience, such as dyadic relationships marked by warmth, positive communication, satisfaction, and closeness. What remains less clear is whether various profiles of dyadic relationship quality within stepfamilies exist and operate to influence stepfamily stability. Using data from the National Long…
Positioning Social Work Researchers for Engaged Scholarship to Promote Public Impact
The concept of engaged scholarship has garnered significant attention across numerous scientific disciplines. Engaged scholarship can be conceptualized as both a method centered on cocreating and applying new knowledge and a movement focused on prioritizing community identification of needs and social problem-solving strategies. In an effort to position social work researchers for engaged scholarship to promote public impact, we provide an overvi…
Stepfamily Processes and Youth Adjustment: The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Collective Efficacy
Using a representative sample from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and a recently developed stepfamily-process typology, this study explores three plausible functions of perceived neighborhood collective efficacy with respect to stepfamily life and youth adjustment: an ability to (1) prevent maladaptive patterns of stepfamily processes, (2) promote stepchildren's adjustment beyond the influence of stepfamily processe…
Hostile Interactions in the Family: Patterns and Links to Youth Externalizing Problems
In line with family systems theory, we examined patterns of hostile interactions within families and their associations with externalizing problems among early-adolescent children. Using hostility scores based on observational data of six dyadic interactions during a triadic interaction ( n = 462) (i.e., child-to-mother, mother-to-child, child-to-father, father-to-child, mother-to-father, father-to-mother)-Latent Profile Analysis supported three …
Correlates of Help-Seeking Intentions among Airmen in the Context of Family Maltreatment Perpetration: Practical Barriers as a Moderating Influence
A Dyadic Analysis of Emotion Regulation as a Moderator of Associations Between Marital Conflict and Marital Satisfaction Among First-married and Remarried Couples
We examined emotion regulation strategies as moderators of marital conflict and marital satisfaction between first-married and remarried couples. Remarried couples with a stepchild ( n = 108) and first marriage couples ( n = 111) with a child completed online surveys. Perceptions of both spouses were analyzed using actor-partner interdependence modeling. Although remarried spouses reported more marital conflict and lower marital satisfaction than…
Stepparent-Child Relationship Quality and Couple Relationship Quality: Stepfamily Household Type as a Moderating Influence
Stepparent-child relationships and new couple relationships are core pillars of stepfamily functioning and well-being. Although research generally indicates that stepparent-child relationship quality and couple relationship quality are positively associated, questions remain about in which contexts and from whose perspective this association holds. Using reports from parents and stepparents in a sample of 291 stepfamily heterosexual couples, we a…
Patterns of Interactions Between Youth and Resident Stepmothers: A Latent Class Analysis
Stepparent–child relationships are a core pillar of stepfamily functioning and well‐being. Stepparents can take on a variety of roles in the lives of their stepchildren, ranging from de facto parents to distant acquaintances. There remain important opportunities to explore specific interactional patterns between youth and stepparents, particularly resident stepmothers. Drawing from a family systems perspective, the purpose of the current study is…
Marital Conflict and Health: The Moderating Roles of Emotion Regulation and Marriage Order
This study examined differences between first-married and remarried couples in marital conflict, physical and mental health, and the emotion regulation strategies of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression. Marriage order and emotional regulation strategies were examined as potential moderators of the association between marital conflict and health. Remarried couples residing with a stepchild (n = 108) and first-married couples (n = 111)…
A scoping review of research on well‐being across diverse family structures: Rethinking approaches for understanding contemporary families
In the United States and across the globe, demographic trends have coalesced to produce an increasingly diverse set of family structures, fueling international interest in exploring diverse family structures as key developmental contexts for adults and children. Given the persistence of research focused on well‐being differences across family structures, and in order to move this research into the future productively, it is critical to rigorously…
Toward More Accurate Measures of Family Structure: Accounting for Sibling Complexity
In this article, we argue that accounting for sibling complexity is a necessary step toward more accurate assessments of family structure. First, we argue that current conceptualizations of family structure are rooted in (and reinforce) Eurocentric definitions of family, and we highlight contradictions between family theory and measurements of family structure. Second, we discuss the prevalence of diverse sibling compositions in families and show…
Psychology (45 works) · Developmental psychology (31 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (28 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (20 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Stepfamily (13 works) · Computer Science (12 works) · Political science (12 works)