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

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2347735
AutoresKing (0000-0002-0599-2040, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, autor correspondente), Valarie King, Lisa M Boyd (0000-0001-9702-679X, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA), Brianne Pragg (0000-0002-5337-6402, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA)
Ano2018
Volume39
Fascículo7
Páginas2007-2036
Data de publicação2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Family Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0192-513X • E-ISSN: 1552-5481
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0192513x17739048
PMID29805189
OpenAlexW2767465035
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas38
Referências citadas30

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

Adolescent health · Closeness · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Juvenile delinquency · Stepfamily · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology