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The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well‐being
Author(s) -
Schlabach Sarah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2012.00758.x
Subject(s) - psychology , race (biology) , adolescent health , social capital , developmental psychology , longitudinal study , medicine , sociology , gender studies , social science , nursing , pathology
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study investigates patterns of well‐being among multiracial adolescents. Specifically, this article addresses three questions. First, using various categorizations for multiracial background, are there measurable differences in emotional and social well‐being among White, minority, and multiracial adolescents? Second, do multiracial adolescents with a White mother tend to fare differently than those with a minority mother? Third, does variation in family‐based social capital—including parental involvement, parent‐child relationship quality, and family structure—contribute to observed well‐being differences among multiracial and monoracial adolescents? Results suggest that multiracial adolescents experience more negative social and emotional well‐being outcomes when their mother is a minority. This finding persists even when controlling for sources of family‐based social capital.