@article{ref1,
title="Is adolescent risk behavior associated with cross-household family complexity? An analysis of post-separation families in 42 countries",
journal="Front. Sociol.",
year="2022",
author="Schnettler, Sebastian and Steinbach, Anja",
volume="7",
number="",
pages="e802590-e802590",
abstract="We examine whether complex cross-household structures of post-separation families are associated with higher risk-taking behavior in adolescence (substance use, bullying, early sexual onset) and whether the proportion, and thus statistical normality, of complex family types in a certain country is a potential moderator of this association. Drawing on representative data from 42 countries and regions from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) study in 2001, 2006, and 2010 (N = 506,977), we provide detailed analyses on adolescent risk behavior even for very rare family types, thereby accounting for the complex cross-household structure present in many post-separation families. We combine logistic and count regression models to analyze risk incidence and intensity. Controlling for relevant child and family characteristics, our results reveal a gradient along which adolescent risk-taking increases with family complexity: The incidence and intensity of risk-taking among adolescents is lowest in two-biological-parent and highest in two-household families with stepparents in both households. The association decreases with a higher proportion of the respective family type in a country. However, the differences between family types, other than the two-biological parent family, are not as pronounced as expected.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2297-7775",
doi="10.3389/fsoc.2022.802590",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2022.802590"
}