Mother-Loss: Family Structure, Social Support And Adolescent Adjustment

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Goodnow ◽  
C. Crosby-Currie ◽  
S. Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Mother Loss

Family Structure History and Adolescent Adjustment

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 944-980 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon E. Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Union Formation ◽  
Family Instability ◽  
Family Connectedness ◽  
National Longitudinal Study ◽  
Adult Lives ◽  
American Children ◽  
Adolescent Relationship

As patterns of union formation and dissolution in adult lives become complex, the living arrangements of American children are becoming increasingly fluid. With a sample ( N = 12,843) drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study attempted to capture this complexity by mapping out children's family structure histories across their early life course, investigating the implications of these arrangements for their general adjustment, and finally, identifying family processes that explained these associations. The findings suggest that a sizable minority of young people experience dynamic family structure arrangements. Moreover, family structure at adolescence best predicted later emotional distress, and family structure at adolescence plus an indicator of cumulative family instability across childhood best predicted current marijuana use. More so than indicators tapping social control, levels of family connectedness and parent—adolescent relationship quality were key conduits for these associations.

Gender, Family Structure, and Social Support among Parents

1993 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine F. Marks ◽  
Sara S. McLanahan
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Family Structure

Networks, Kin, and Social Support

2020 ◽  
pp. 466-479
Author(s):  
G. Robin Gauthier
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Network Theory ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Network Approaches ◽  
The Life Course

Family relationships and the emotional and instrumental exchanges embedded within them are among the most important sources of social support available to individuals throughout the life course. This chapter provides an overview of three approaches to family research that conceptualize families as networks. The basic idea throughout the chapter is that family structure is not a sufficient proxy for a person’s access to social support, but network approaches offer a potential solution. First, the chapter discusses approaches that render the language of families as systems into configurations of network structures, with a focus on how to measure the capacity for social support embedded within them. The discussion then turns to research that employs a more inclusive understanding of family, widening the definition of what “counts” as kin. The chapter ends with a discussion of a new approach to measuring family relationships rooted in a network theory of social roles.

Parenting and Familial Social Support, War Exposure, and Post-War Adolescent Adjustment

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Allen ◽  
Laadan Gharagozloo ◽  
Christopher Layne ◽  
Charles Benight
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Adolescent Adjustment ◽  
Post War

scholarly journals Challenges and Support for LGBTQ+ At-Risk Youth

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy L. Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Young People ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
At Risk Youth ◽  
Support Structure ◽  
Structure Level

The number of people who identify as LGBTQ+ has been increasing, especially amongst young people. The LGBTQ+ community faces many challenges. This paper examines responses to at-risk youth who identify as LGBTQ+ in Edmonton, Canada and L’viv, Ukraine from a family structure level, social support structure level, and governmental programs or policies. It also explores how different reactions - such as feminism or patriarchy – have specific implications for these youth. Finally, it looks at how support, activism, advocacy and acceptance, or fear and anger, can create a change within society.

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