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Reassessing the Link between Women's Premarital Cohabitation and Marital Quality
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James, Spencer L.; Beattie, Brett A. – Social Forces, 2012
Using data from 2,898 women from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-1979, we employ a novel method to examine two perspectives, social selection and the experience of cohabitation, commonly used to explain the negative relationship outcomes cohabiting women report. Results reveal cohabitation is negatively related to marital happiness and…
Descriptors: Females, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Satisfaction, Conflict
Marital Quality and Divorce Decisions: How Do Premarital Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing Matter?
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Tach, Laura M.; Halpern-Meekin, Sarah – Family Relations, 2012
This study used the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 3,481) to test whether the association between marital quality and divorce is moderated by premarital cohabitation or nonmarital childbearing status. Prior research identified lower marital quality as a key explanation for why couples who cohabit or have children…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interpersonal Relationship, Divorce, Marital Satisfaction
Investigation of Change in Adolescent Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Contributions to Interparental Discord from 7th to 9th Grades
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Parra, Gilbert R.; Jobe-Shields, Lisa; Kitzmann, Katherine M.; Luebbe, Aaron M.; Olsen, James P.; Davis, Genevieve L. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
The purpose of the present study was to examine whether adolescent perceptions of mothers' and fathers' contributions to interparental discord changed from early to middle adolescence and if the changes were related to adolescent negative mood. Data were drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Adolescents who were in 7th grade…
Descriptors: Mothers, Adolescents, Correlation, Fathers
Familial Religiosity, Family Processes, and Juvenile Delinquency in a National Sample of Early Adolescents
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Li, Spencer D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
Personal religiosity has been identified as a protective factor against juvenile delinquency. However, the influence of familial religiosity on delinquent behavior is less known. This study addresses this gap by investigating how family participation in organizational religious activities is related to delinquent involvement in early adolescence.…
Descriptors: Religion, Religious Factors, Family Involvement, Delinquency
Mothers' Work Hours and Marital Quality: Variations by Family Structure and Family Size.
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Rogers, Stacy J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Investigated the association between married mothers' (n=1,502) employment and their reports of marital conflict and marital happiness in continuously married families with children and in mother-stepfather families. Found significant difference between types of families. Discusses findings and calls for additional research. (RB)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Conflict, Employed Parents
Poverty and the Development of African American Children: Testing an Adaptation of McLoyd's Theoretical Model with the NLSY.
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Nievar, M. Angela; Luster, Tom – 2003
Based on McLoyd's (1990) model of African American children's development, this study examined the linkages between poverty, maternal psychological distress, marital conflict, the home environment, and children's outcomes among a sample of 805 African American 4- to 9-year-olds whose families were interviewed in 1992 as part of the National…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Black Youth