The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well‐being

Bibliographic Data

ID8076891
AuthorsSarah Schlabach (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume62
Issue1
Pages154-174
Publication date2013-01-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFamily Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-6664 • E-ISSN: 1741-3729
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00758.x
PMID26069357
PMCIDPMC4461142
OpenAlexW1866819862
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited32

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study investigates patterns of well-being among multiracial adolescents. Specifically, this article addresses three questions. First, using various categorizations for multiracial background, are there measurable differences in emotional and social well-being among White, minority, and multiracial adolescents? Second, do multiracial adolescents with a White mother tend to fare differently than those with a minority mother? Third, does variation in family-based social capital-including parental involvement, parent-child relationship quality, and family structure-contribute to observed well-being differences among multiracial and monoracial adolescents? Results suggest that multiracial adolescents experience more negative social and emotional well-being outcomes when their mother is a minority. This finding persists even when controlling for sources of family-based social capital

Adolescent health · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal study · Race (biology · Social capital · Sociology · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Gender Studies

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