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Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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The Importance of Family, Race, and Gender for Multiracial Adolescent Well-Being
Schlabach, Sarah
Family Relations, v62 n1 p154-174 Feb 2013
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study investigates patterns of well-being among multiracial adolescents. Specifically, this article addresses three questions. First, using various categorizations for multiracial background, are there measurable differences in emotional and social well-being among White, minority, and multiracial adolescents? Second, do multiracial adolescents with a White mother tend to fare differently than those with a minority mother? Third, does variation in family-based social capital--including parental involvement, parent-child relationship quality, and family structure--contribute to observed well-being differences among multiracial and monoracial adolescents? Results suggest that multiracial adolescents experience more negative social and emotional well-being outcomes when their mother is a minority. This finding persists even when controlling for sources of family-based social capital. (Contains 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Well Being, Mothers, Minority Groups, Parent Child Relationship, Family Structure, Parent Participation, Multiracial Persons, Adolescents, Classification, Whites, Social Capital, Race, Gender Differences, Racial Identification, Regression (Statistics), Least Squares Statistics
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
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