Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.
Eur J Public Health. 2013 Feb;23(1):3-8. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/cks011. Epub 2012 Mar 1.
The increase in shared physical custody in Sweden has been dramatic; 20 years ago only a small percentage of adolescents lived in shared physical custody, but currently ∼30% of the adolescents whose parents have separated or divorced divide their residence between parents. We hypothesized that living in shared physical custody or in a single-parent family is associated with a higher prevalence of adolescent risk behaviour than living in a two-parent family.
Data on 15-year-old adolescents from the 2005/2006 to 2009/2010 Swedish Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey were analysed using logistic regression.
Adolescents living in shared physical custody had slightly higher rates of risk behaviour compared with adolescents from two-parent families, but significantly lower rates than their counterparts from single-parent families. Their odds of being a smoker or having been drunk were 60 and 50% higher, respectively, than those of their counterparts in two-parent families.
Shared physical custody after marriage break-up seems to constitute a health protective factor for adolescents' health and problem behaviour. In order to deepen our understanding of the positive and negative aspects of shared physical custody, our study should be followed by qualitative analyses and longitudinal studies of adolescents' experiences.
在瑞典，共同监护权的增加是显著的；20 年前，只有一小部分青少年生活在共同监护权中，但目前，大约 30%的父母离异或分居的青少年在父母之间分配居住。我们假设与生活在双亲家庭的青少年相比，生活在共同监护权或单亲家庭中的青少年更有可能出现青少年风险行为。
使用逻辑回归分析了 2005/2006 年至 2009/2010 年瑞典青少年健康行为调查（HBSC）中 15 岁青少年的数据。
与来自双亲家庭的青少年相比，生活在共同监护权中的青少年的风险行为率略高，但与来自单亲家庭的青少年相比，则显著较低。他们吸烟或醉酒的几率分别比双亲家庭的青少年高 60%和 50%。
婚姻破裂后的共同监护权似乎对青少年的健康和问题行为构成了一种健康保护因素。为了更深入地了解共同监护权的积极和消极方面，我们的研究应该继之以对青少年经验的定性分析和纵向研究。
