@article{ref1,
title="Parent-child relationships in stepfather families and adolescent adjustment: a latent class analysis",
journal="Journal of marriage and family",
year="2016",
author="Amato, Paul R. and King, Valarie and Thorsen, Maggie L.",
volume="78",
number="2",
pages="482-497",
abstract="In the current study the authors drew on Waves I and III from Add Health to examine the closeness of parent-adolescent relationships in married mother-stepfather families (N = 1,934). They used latent class analysis to identify family constellations defined by adolescents' relationships with all of their parents: mothers, stepfathers, and biological nonresident fathers. In particular, the authors (a) identified the most common underlying patterns of adolescent-parent relationships in stepfamilies; (b) determined the background characteristics that predict membership in these groups; and (c) examined how adolescents in these groups fare with respect to depressive symptoms, delinquency, and substance use. The results indicate that adolescents' relationships can be represented with 4 latent classes. Adolescents in these classes differ on measures of adjustment, and many of these differences persist into the early adult years.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-2445",
doi="10.1111/jomf.12267",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12267"
}