Schenck Clorinda E, Braver Sanford L, Wolchik Sharlene A, Saenz Delia, Cookston Jeffrey T, Fabricius William V
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University.
Fathering. 2009 Jan 1;7(1):70-90. doi: 10.3149/fth.0701.70.
This study examined the relations between perceptions of 133 early adolescents in stepfamilies concerning how much they mattered to their stepfathers and nonresidential biological fathers and adolescents' mental health problems. Mattering to nonresidential biological fathers significantly negatively predicted mother-, teacher-, and youth-reported internalizing problems. Mattering to stepfathers significantly negatively predicted youth-reported internalizing and stepfather- and youth- reported externalizing problems. For teacher-reported externalizing problems, mattering to stepfathers and nonresidential biological fathers significantly interacted. Mattering to either father predicted low externalizing problems; perceptions of mattering to the second father did not predict a further reduction in problems. Results suggest that mattering is an important aspect of father-adolescent relationships, and highlight the importance of considering adolescents' relationships with both nonresidential fathers and stepfathers.
本研究调查了133名再婚家庭中的青少年对他们在继父和非共同居住的亲生父亲心中的重要程度的认知,以及这些青少年的心理健康问题之间的关系。对非共同居住的亲生父亲而言,这种重要程度能显著地对母亲、教师和青少年自我报告的内化问题产生负向预测作用。对继父而言,这种重要程度能显著地对青少年自我报告的内化问题以及继父和青少年报告的外化问题产生负向预测作用。对于教师报告的外化问题,对继父和非共同居住的亲生父亲的重要程度认知存在显著的交互作用。对其中任何一位父亲而言,这种重要程度能预测较低的外化问题;对另一位父亲的重要程度认知并不能预测问题会进一步减少。研究结果表明,这种重要程度是父子关系的一个重要方面,并凸显了考虑青少年与非共同居住的亲生父亲和继父关系的重要性。