Citation
Amato, Paul R. & Kane, Jennifer Buher (2011). Parents' Marital Distress, Divorce, and Remarriage: Links with Daughters' Early Family Formation Transitions. Journal of Family Issues, 32(8), 1073-1103. PMCID: PMC3140424Abstract
We used data from the Add Health study to estimate the effects of parents' marital status and relationship distress on daughters' early family formation transitions. Outcomes included traditional transitions (marriage and marital births) and nontraditional transitions (cohabitation and nonmarital births). Relationship distress among continuously married parents was not related to any outcome. Offspring with single parents and remarried parents had an elevated risk of nonmarital births and nonmarital cohabitation. Offspring with remarried parents with a high-distress relationship had an elevated risk of early marriages and marital births. These results, combined with analyses of mediating variables, provide the strongest support for a modeling perspective, although some support also was found for a perspective based on escape from stress.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11404363Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2011Journal Title
Journal of Family IssuesAuthor(s)
Amato, Paul R.Kane, Jennifer Buher