Parent Marital Quality and the Parent–Adolescent Relationship

Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Health Outcomes

Dados Bibliográficos

ID11220437
AutoresElizabeth C Hair (0000-0003-0536-2409, Child Trends, Inc., autor correspondente), Kristin Anderson Moore (0000-0002-7906-6293, Child Trends, Inc.), Alena M Hadley (Child Trends, Inc.), Kelleen Kaye (National Opinion Research Center), Randal D Day (Brigham Young University), Dennis K Orthner (0000-0002-3082-9974, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Ano2009
Volume45
Fascículo2-3
Páginas218-248
Data de publicação2009-04-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMarriage & Family Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0149-4929 • E-ISSN: 1540-9635
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01494920902733567
OpenAlexW1964727490
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas42

Although a number of studies examined the implications of marital disruption for adolescent well-being, few studied the implications of marital relationship quality on health outcomes for children in married-couple families. The present study examines how parent marital quality among intact families interacts with the quality of parent–adolescent relationships to predict physical health, mental health, and substance use in middle adolescence and early adulthood. The study uses data from the NLSY97 cohort, a nationally representative sample of adolescents who are being followed into adulthood. Predictors include the quality of the parent marital relationship, the quality of the parent–adolescent relationship, marital structure, and a number of contextual covariates and control variables. Combined parent marital quality and parent–adolescent relationship groups were developed using latent class analyses and were used to predict positive and negative health behaviors during the teen and early adult years. Results indicate that adolescents in families experiencing poor marital quality fared worse on physical health, mental health, and substance use outcomes. In addition, adolescents who reported poor relationships with at least one of their parents fared worse on outcomes. Adolescents whose parents have low-quality relationships and also have poor parent–adolescent relationships tended to fare least well across health measures. Adolescents whose parents have a high-quality relationship and who have a good parent–adolescent relationship with both parents consistently had the best outcomes. Overall, poor relationships consistently undermine mental health, physical health, and substance use. Family religious activities also consistently predict better health outcomes

Adolescent health · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Health disparities and outcomes · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology