The purpose of this study is to investigate the complex relationships in school and family environment that influence divorce adjustment children aged 6-11. framework research ecological theory put forward by Bronfenbrenner. was designed conducted a qualitative design phenomenological used provide comprehensive understanding experience. Within scope research, custodial parents, classroom teache...

It is evident that parental depressive symptoms negatively influence adolescent behavior and various psychosocial outcomes. Certain family types like families with a chronically ill parent and single parent families are more vulnerable to parental depressive symptoms. However, the relationship between these symptoms, family type, and adolescent functioning remains largely unclear. This study ex...

This study used a qualitative design to explore parent mentors' summaries of conversations with more than 1,000 individual families of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children receiving parent-to-parent support as part of an existing family support project. Approximately 35% of the families were Spanish speaking. Five parent mentors who have DHH children provided varied support primarily via the...

Objective We examined how adult (step)parent–child closeness is associated to the quality of other ties in family network (i.e., parent–child dyads, parent–parent dyads). Background Although stepfamily scholars often assume that there are associations between all dyads within a unit, more research needs examine this premise empirically. Method used survey data on children and their relationship...

BACKGROUND Many studies compared the degree of concordance between adolescents' and parents' reports on family socioeconomic status (SES). However, none of these studies analyzed whether the degree of concordance varies by different levels of household financial stress. This research examines whether the degree of concordance between adolescents' and parent reports for the three traditional SES...

OBJECTIVE Using the 2011-2012 National Survey of Children's Health data set, we compared spouse/partner relationships and parent-child relationships (family relationships), parenting stress, and children's general health, emotional difficulties, coping behavior, and learning behavior (child outcomes) in households of same-sex (female) versus different-sex continuously coupled parents with biolo...

The informativeness of different relationships for resolving the genetic and cultural transmission of a continuous variable is explored by computer simulation. Extended twin, extended nuclear-family, and adoption designs are considered. Combining data on twin and parent-offspring pairs provides a powerful means of detecting genetic and cultural transmission. The addition of uncle-nephew and fir...