ERIC Number: EJ1010072
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Publication Date: 2013-Feb
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Family Time Activities and Adolescents' Emotional Well-Being
Offer, Shira
Journal of Marriage and Family, v75 n1 p26-41 Feb 2013
The literature is divided on the issue of what matters for adolescents' well-being, with one approach focusing on quality and the other on routine family time. Using the experience sampling method, a unique form of time diary, and survey data drawn from the 500 Family Study ("N" = 237 adolescents with 8,122 observations), this study examined the association between family time and adolescents' emotional well-being as a function of the type of activities family members engaged in during their time together. Hierarchical linear model analyses revealed that eating meals together was beneficial to adolescents' emotional well-being, especially when fathers were present. Family leisure was also beneficial to teens' well-being. By contrast, productive family time (e.g., homework) was associated with lower emotional well-being, as was maintenance family time (e.g., household chores), but only when adolescents engaged in it with both parents. (Contains 4 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Well Being, Emotional Development, Family Relationship, Observation, Leisure Time, Homework, Housework, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior, Stress Variables, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Hypothesis Testing, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Adolescents
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