Alcaraz Melissa, Gibby Ashley Larsen, Luke Nancy
Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Soc Sci (Basel). 2020 Dec;9(12). doi: 10.3390/socsci9120217. Epub 2020 Nov 26.
Non-parental family members are understudied but important brokers of family social capital, especially in contexts without a nuclear-family norm. We used rich time diary data from a sample of 1568 South Indian adolescents to examine the relationships between any time spent with parents, parents' residency status, and the time spent with non-parental family members. We found that adolescents with at least one non-resident parent spent significantly more time with siblings, on average, when compared to adolescents with resident parents. We further found that adolescents spent more time with siblings in educational activities, such as studying, when they had at least one non-resident parent. These findings point to the importance of considering non-parental family members in studies of family social capital, especially in low- and middle-income contexts. Our findings challenge resource dilution theories by demonstrating that siblings themselves act as resources, rather than simply competitors for parental resources.
非父母家庭成员的研究较少，但却是家庭社会资本的重要促成者，尤其是在没有核心家庭规范的背景下。我们使用了来自1568名南印度青少年样本的丰富时间日记数据，来研究与父母相处的时间、父母的居住状况以及与非父母家庭成员相处的时间之间的关系。我们发现，与父母都居住在一起的青少年相比，至少有一位非居住在一起父母的青少年平均与兄弟姐妹相处的时间显著更多。我们还发现，当青少年至少有一位非居住在一起的父母时，他们在学习等教育活动中与兄弟姐妹相处的时间更多。这些发现表明，在家庭社会资本研究中考虑非父母家庭成员的重要性，尤其是在低收入和中等收入背景下。我们的发现对资源稀释理论提出了挑战，表明兄弟姐妹本身就是一种资源，而不仅仅是争夺父母资源的竞争者。
