Family Structure and Adolescent Well Being: The Mediating Effects of Family Cohesion and Parental Leadership

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dc.contributor.advisorLeslie, Leighen_US
dc.contributor.authorMessina, Lauren A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-07T05:41:26Z
dc.date.available2010-10-07T05:41:26Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractResearch comparing single-parent households to two-parent households suggests better outcomes for adolescents of two-parent households. Much of this research has narrowly focused on assessing the benefits of family structure. The current study explores the family processes of family cohesion and parental leadership as mediators of child well-being in single and two-parent families. Child well-being is assessed through using adolescent self reports of attachment style. Findings indicate no relationship between the proposed mediators, family structure, and adolescent secure attachment. Family structure did not have an impact on the potential mediating variables so mediation could not be established. The possible meaning of the lack of relationship in this sample is discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10802
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Individual and Family Studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial Researchen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAdolescentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCohesionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFamily Processen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledFamily Structureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLeadershipen_US
dc.titleFamily Structure and Adolescent Well Being: The Mediating Effects of Family Cohesion and Parental Leadershipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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