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Stepfather–Adolescent Relationship Quality During the First Year of Transitioning to a Stepfamily
Author(s) -
King Valarie,
Amato Paul R.,
Lindstrom Rachel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/jomf.12214
Subject(s) - stepfamily , psychology , quality (philosophy) , remarriage , developmental psychology , social psychology , sociology , physics , anthropology , quantum mechanics
This study contributes to the growing literature on factors associated with the formation of close relationships between stepfathers and stepchildren. The authors extend prior research by using nationally representative data from Add Health ( N = 179) to examine how factors existing prior to stepfamily formation are associated with the quality of stepfather–adolescent ties within the first year after married stepfathers join the household. Results from structural equation models revealed that both the quality of the mother–adolescent relationship and adolescent adjustment prior to stepfamily formation were significantly associated with the perceived quality of adolescents' relationships with their stepfathers.