King Valarie
Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802 (
J Marriage Fam. 2006 Nov;68(4):910-928. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00304.x.
Using data from a sample of 1,149 adolescents in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health who have both a resident stepfather and a nonresident biological father, this study examines the prevalence, antecedents, and consequences of adolescents' closeness to their stepfathers and nonresident fathers. Findings demonstrate that adolescents vary greatly in their likelihood of having close relationships with one or both of their fathers, but when they do so, they appear to benefit. Close relationships with both stepfathers and nonresident fathers are associated with better adolescent outcomes, with ties to stepfathers being somewhat more influential than ties to nonresident fathers.
本研究使用了青少年健康全国纵向研究中1149名青少年的样本数据,这些青少年同时拥有一位继父和一位非共同居住的生父,旨在考察青少年与继父和非共同居住生父亲密程度的患病率、影响因素及后果。研究结果表明,青少年与一位或两位父亲建立亲密关系的可能性差异很大,但一旦建立亲密关系,他们似乎会从中受益。与继父和非共同居住生父的亲密关系都与青少年更好的结果相关,其中与继父的关系比与非共同居住生父的关系影响力稍大。