Crosnoe Robert, Stritzel Haley, Smith Chelsea, Cavanagh Shannon E
University of Texas at Austin.
J Marriage Fam. 2018 Aug;80(4):934-950. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12493. Epub 2018 May 12.
Family instability means that many U.S. youth spend time without biological fathers and with other men. This study extends the literature on the developmental implications of living with fathers and father figures by investigating the association between the presence of mothers' male romantic partners in the home and secondary exposure to violence with a focus on variability according to the identities of the men and the communities of the family. Fixed effects models of multilevel data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods ( = 2,201) revealed that living with mothers' partners did not have a general protective or risky association with youths' secondary exposure to violence. This exposure, however, was lower when such men were youths' biological fathers (vs. social fathers) and when they were married to (vs. cohabiting with) youths' mothers. The link between men's marital status and exposure to violence appeared stronger in higher-crime neighborhoods.
家庭不稳定意味着许多美国年轻人成长过程中缺少亲生父亲，身边还有其他男性。本研究通过调查母亲的男性伴侣在家中的存在与二级暴力暴露之间的关联，扩展了关于与父亲及父亲形象共同生活对成长影响的文献，重点关注根据男性身份和家庭社区的差异。来自芝加哥邻里人类发展项目（n = 2201）的多层次数据的固定效应模型显示，与母亲的伴侣共同生活与青少年的二级暴力暴露之间没有普遍的保护或风险关联。然而，当这些男性是青少年的亲生父亲（相对于社会父亲）以及当他们与青少年的母亲结婚（相对于同居）时，这种暴露较低。男性的婚姻状况与暴力暴露之间的联系在犯罪率较高的社区似乎更强。
