ERIC Number: EJ955746
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 23
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Linking Social Environments with the Well-Being of Adolescents in Dual-Earner and Single Working Parent Families
Tisdale, Sandee; Pitt-Catsuphes, Marcie
Youth & Society, v44 n1 p118-140 Mar 2012
This investigation examined the relationships between middle school-aged children's perceptions of their social environments (home, school, neighborhood, and parental work) with self-reports of well-being. In the present study, well-being was defined by measures of physical health and psychological happiness. Data from the Nurturing Families Study were collected during in-person interviews with adolescents in dual-earner and single working parent families. Adolescents' subjective assessments were analyzed through two hierarchical regression models: mothers' (N = 149) and fathers' (N = 150). Findings suggest that child gender, perceptions of the school environment, and parents coming home from work in a good mood significantly predict the variability in adolescent self-reports of well-being. The school environment was found to have the strongest predictive power over variations in adolescents' well-being. Implications for practice and research, including improving supports within schools and focusing more attention on parental mood after work, are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Physical Health, Adolescents, Educational Environment, Psychological Patterns, Well Being, Middle School Students, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Interviews, Employed Parents, One Parent Family, Regression (Statistics), Mothers, Fathers, Gender Differences, Parent Child Relationship, Prediction, Family Work Relationship, Neighborhoods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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