Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2010 Jun;24(3):243-51. doi: 10.1037/a0019630.
African American youth from single-mother homes are at increased risk for a range of adjustment difficulties. The family is a central context in which to study youth adjustment; however, much of the work on African American youth has focused on family conflict and maladjustment, with less attention to the supportive aspects of family relationships or their potential links with positive outcomes. This study examined the associations between conflictual and supportive aspects of the relationships that single mothers have with their nonmarital coparents and both positive and negative outcomes among 268 African American youth from single-mother homes. Findings revealed that mother-coparent support was associated with child competence, and mother-coparent conflict was associated with child maladjustment. In addition, positive parenting fully mediated these relations between mother-coparent relationship and child outcomes. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed.
非裔美国青少年来自单亲家庭，他们面临着一系列适应困难的风险。家庭是研究青少年适应情况的核心环境；然而，许多针对非裔美国青少年的研究都集中在家庭冲突和适应不良上，而对家庭关系的支持方面或它们与积极结果的潜在联系关注较少。本研究考察了单身母亲与非婚配偶之间关系的冲突和支持方面与 268 名来自单亲家庭的非裔美国青少年的积极和消极结果之间的关联。研究结果表明，母亲-继父支持与孩子的能力有关，而母亲-继父冲突与孩子的适应不良有关。此外，积极的育儿方式完全调解了母亲-继父关系与孩子结果之间的关系。讨论了临床意义和未来方向。
