TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Parent-child relationships in stepfather families and adolescent adjustment: a latent class analysis
JO  - Journal of marriage and family
A1  - Amato, Paul R.
A1  - King, Valarie
A1  - Thorsen, Maggie L.
SP  - 482
EP  - 497
VL  - 78
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-2445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12267
ID  - ref1
ER  -