Cooper Carey E, McLanahan Sara S, Meadows Sarah O, Brooks-Gunn Jeanne
The Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University, Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544 (
J Marriage Fam. 2009;71(3):558-574. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00619.x.
Data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 4,176) are used to examine family structure transitions and maternal parenting stress. Using multilevel modeling, we find that mothers who exit coresidential relationships with biological fathers or enter coresidential relationships with nonbiological fathers report higher levels of parenting stress than mothers in stable coresidential relationships. Mothers who enter coresidential relationships with biological fathers report lower levels of parenting stress than mothers who remain single. Mothers' resources, especially their relationships with biological fathers, account for most of the associations between transitions and parenting stress, with posttransition resources being more important than pretransition resources. Mothers with high levels of education are less affected by transitions than mothers with less education.
来自脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究(N = 4,176)的数据用于检验家庭结构转变和母亲的育儿压力。通过多层次建模,我们发现,与亲生父亲结束同居关系或与非亲生父亲建立同居关系的母亲,其育儿压力水平高于处于稳定同居关系的母亲。与亲生父亲建立同居关系的母亲,其育儿压力水平低于单身母亲。母亲的资源,尤其是她们与亲生父亲的关系,解释了转变与育儿压力之间的大部分关联,转变后的资源比转变前的资源更为重要。受教育程度高的母亲比受教育程度低的母亲受转变的影响更小。