@article{ref1,
title="Factors associated with positive relationships between stepfathers and adolescent stepchildren",
journal="Social science research",
year="2014",
author="King, Valarie and Thorsen, Maggie L. and Amato, Paul R.",
volume="47",
number="",
pages="16-29",
abstract="This study employs nationally representative data on adolescents and their stepfathers (n = 2085) from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine factors associated with positive stepfather-stepchild relationships in married stepfamilies. <br><br>RESULTS reveal substantial variability in the perceived quality of adolescents' relationships with stepfathers. Structural equation models using Wave I data reveal that close relationships with mothers and close ties between mothers and stepfathers are positively related to the perceived quality of adolescents' relationships with stepfathers. Longitudinal models using Waves I and II do not yield definitive results but suggest that the direction of influence runs in both directions, with the mother-child relationship and the stepfather-stepchild relationship mutually reinforcing one another. We identify a number of other factors that are associated with positive stepfather-stepchild ties, as well as a few factors that may be less consequential than previously thought. Most of the correlates of positive stepfather-stepchild relationships are similar for boys and girls; for Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics; and for stepfamilies of various durations.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0049-089X",
doi="10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.03.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.03.010"
}