Parent - Child Relations and Children’s Psychological Well - Being : Do Dads Matter ?  

Oleh:

Videon, Tami M.

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Family Issues vol. 26 no. 1 (Jan. 2005), page 55-78.
Topik: PSYCHOLOGICAL; father - child relationship; mother - child relationship; psychological well - being • fatherhood
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This study explores the unique influence of fathers on adolescents’ psychological well - being. Analyses are based on a nationally representative sample (Add Health) of students in Grades 7 through 12 living in intact homes. Results of multivariate analyses reveal that the father - adolescent relationship has an independent impact on adolescents’ psychological well - being beyond the mother - adolescent relationship. Comparatively, the magnitude of effect was similar for mothers and fathers on sons’ and daughters’ well - being. Examining the dynamic nature of parent -adolescent relations through time revealed that adolescents have more volatile relations with fathers than with mothers. Changes in adolescent’s satisfaction with the father - adolescent relationship significantly influence fluctuations in son’s and daughter’s psychological well - being ; this effect persists after controlling for changes in mother - adolescent relationships. These findings underscore fathers’ unique direct contribution to their children’s psychological well - being.

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