TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationships Between (Step)Parents and Adult (Step)Children
T2 - Explaining Influences on Life Satisfaction and Marital Quality
AU - Lardier, David T.
AU - Van Eeden-Moorefield, Brad
AU - Nacer, Carly
AU - Hull, Rachel
AU - Browning, Scott
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/8/18
Y1 - 2017/8/18
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine important influences of adult (step)children’s relationships with their biological fathers, biological mothers, and resident stepparents on their life satisfaction and marital quality and the moderating role of stepparent gender. The sample (N = 215) was from Wave 3 of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Results illustrate that (a) biological mothers and stepparents positively influenced life satisfaction among adult (step)children regardless of stepfamily type; and (b) that the influence of parent–child relationship quality on the adult child’s marital quality did vary as a function of stepfamily type. Specifically, there was a positive link between current stepmother–child relationship quality and the focal child’s current marital quality. The opposite link was found for those reared in stepfather households.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine important influences of adult (step)children’s relationships with their biological fathers, biological mothers, and resident stepparents on their life satisfaction and marital quality and the moderating role of stepparent gender. The sample (N = 215) was from Wave 3 of the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH). Results illustrate that (a) biological mothers and stepparents positively influenced life satisfaction among adult (step)children regardless of stepfamily type; and (b) that the influence of parent–child relationship quality on the adult child’s marital quality did vary as a function of stepfamily type. Specifically, there was a positive link between current stepmother–child relationship quality and the focal child’s current marital quality. The opposite link was found for those reared in stepfather households.
KW - Life satisfaction
KW - marital quality
KW - parent–child relationship quality
KW - stepparents
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026202776&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/10502556.2017.1343551
DO - 10.1080/10502556.2017.1343551
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026202776
SN - 1050-2556
VL - 58
SP - 430
EP - 446
JO - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
JF - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
IS - 6
ER -