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Parent‐Adolescent Involvement: The Relative Influence of Parent Gender and Residence

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: The 1995 wave of the Add Health study is used to investigate the relative influence of parent gender and residence on patterns of parental involvement with adolescents. Adolescent reports (N =17,330) of shared activities, shared communication, and relationship quality with both biological parents are utilized. A multidimensional scaling analysis reveals that parent gender explains most of the variance in parent‐adolescent involvement, with residential status playing a secondary yet a fundamental role in accounting for these patterns. Resident mothers who do not live with adolescents’ biological fathers engage in the broadest range of activities with their children. Unpartnered resident fathers display patterns of parenting that are as similar to mothers as they are to other fathers.

Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00238.x

Authors: Daniel N. Hawkins, Paul R. Amato, Valarie King

Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Family Dynamics and Relationships

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development