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- Title
Relations between Mattering to Step- and Non-Residential Fathers and Adolescent Mental Health.
- Authors
Schenck, Clorinda E.; Braver, Sanford L.; Wolchik, Sharlene A.; Saenz, Delia; Cookston, Jeffrey T.; Fabricius, William V.
- Abstract
This study examined the relations between perceptions of 133 early adolescents in stepfamilies concerning how much they mattered to their stepfathers and nonresidential biological fathers and adolescents' mental health problems. Mattering to nonresidential biological fathers significantly negatively predicted mother-, teacher-, and youth-reported internalizing problems. Mattering to stepfathers significantly negatively predicted youth-reported internalizing and stepfather- and youth- reported externalizing problems. For teacher-reported externalizing problems, mattering to stepfathers and nonresidential biological fathers significantly interacted. Mattering to either father predicted low externalizing problems; perceptions of mattering to the second father did not predict a further reduction in problems. Results suggest that mattering is an important aspect of father-adolescent relationships, and highlight the importance of considering adolescents' relationships with both nonresidential fathers and stepfathers.
- Subjects
STEPFATHERS; INTERPERSONAL relations; FATHER-child relationship; HOUSEHUSBANDS; FAMILIES; MENTAL health; INTERPERSONAL conflict
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2009, Vol 7, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0701.70