Risk and Resiliency Factors Among Adolescents Who Experience Marital Transitions

Abstract

ࡗ Risk and Resiliency Factors Among Adolescents Who Experience Marital TransitionsUsing a resiliency framework, we examined familial and extrafamilial factors associated with adolescent well-being in intact, blended, and divorced single-parent families. Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted using a large sample of 7th-, 9th-, and 11th-grade adolescents (N ϭ 2,011) to test the moderating effect of peer support, school attachment, and neighbor support when parental support and monitoring were low. Significant two-and three-way interactions were probed. Findings indicate that divorced and blended families have some of the same forms of resiliency as intact families. For adolescents in a divorced single-parent family, peer support moderated the effect of low parental support on internalizing symptoms. We discuss the merits of examining divorce from a resiliency perspective.It is estimated today that almost half of all marriages will end in divorce, and that approximately 1 million children will experience divorce each year (Clarke, 1995). Research indicates that children who experience divorce fare more poorly on a number of psychological and behavioral mea-

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