The Adjustment of Adolescents in Stepfather and Stepmother Families  

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Kurdek, Lawrence A. ; Fine, Mark A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Marriage and the Family vol. 54 no. 04 (Nov. 1992), page 725-736.
Topik: adolescent; adjustment; stepmother; stepfather

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: J43 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study assessed the relations between adolescent adjustment in stepfamilies and both family context end process variables. Participants were 118 (60 boys, 58 girls) sixth and seventh grade students living with stepfathers and 32 (15 boys, 17 girls) living with stepmothers. Self-report measures of adjustment, self-mastery, parenting, and family process variables were administered, and some parents completed a measure of their adolescents' social problems. Results indicated that students living with stepfathers had higher self-esteem and fewer reported social problems than those living with stepmothers. Girls had higher grades and more health problems than boys. The complexity of the stepfamily ("simple" vs. "complex") was not related to adjustment. Self-mastery and family process variables were strongly related to adjustment, particularly among girls living with stepmothers. The results suggest that processes are more strongly related to adolescent adjustment in stepfamilies than are contextual variables.

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