Family transitions and children’s well-being during adolescence
Authors: Julie Gosselin, Lyzon Babchishin, and Elisa Romano
Overview
Abstract (English)
This study used longitudinal prospective data from a representative Canada-wide survey to assess the impact of childhood family experience on well-being during adolescence. First, we constructed family composition profiles to capture the number and type of changes in family structure that occurred in our sample over a 12-year period. Then, we examined links between initial family status, family composition profiles, timing of parental separation, and later behavioral outcomes during adolescence. Marital status at birth, as well as 2 different family transition profiles, were linked to externalized problems during adolescence. Timing of the first family transition suppressed the effect of family transition profiles on adolescent behavioral outcomes.
Abstract (French)
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Details
| Type | Journal article |
|---|---|
| Author | Julie Gosselin, Lyzon Babchishin, and Elisa Romano |
| Publication Year | 2015 |
| Title | Family transitions and children’s well-being during adolescence |
| Volume | 56 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Divorce and Remarriage |
| Number | 7 |
| Pages | 569-589 |
| Publication Language | English |
- Julie Gosselin
- Julie Gosselin, Lyzon Babchishin, and Elisa Romano
- Family transitions and children’s well-being during adolescence
- Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
- 56
- 2015
- 7
- 569-589