Race/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Family Instability on Adolescents' Risk Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Fomby, Paula; Mollborn, Stefanie; Sennott, Christie A.
Titel	Race/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Family Instability on Adolescents' Risk Behavior
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 72 (2010) 2, S.234-253 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00696.x
Schlagwörter	Race; Delinquency; Mexican Americans; Adolescents; Family Structure; Longitudinal Studies; Whites; Minority Groups; Stress Variables; Socioeconomic Status; Risk; Sexuality; Age; African Americans; Early Parenthood; Family Relationship; Marital Instability; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Kriminalität; Hispanoamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; White; Weißer; Ethnische Minderheit; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Risiko; Sexualität; Alter; Lebensalter; Afroamerikaner; Familienkonflikt
Abstract	We used data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 7,686) to determine whether racial and ethnic differences in socioeconomic stress and social protection explained group differences in the association between family structure instability and three risk behaviors for White, Black, and Mexican American adolescents: delinquent behavior, age at first nonmarital sex, and age at first nonmarital birth. The positive association between mothers' union transitions and each outcome for White adolescents was attenuated by social protection. The association of instability with age at first sex and first nonmarital birth was weaker for Black adolescents but not for Mexican American adolescents. The weaker association was explained by Black adolescents' more frequent exposure to socioeconomic stress in the context of union instability. (As Provided).
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