Do attitudinal and behavioral ratings of family members vary across familial configurations?
Parish, T.S.; Necessary, J.R.
Adolescence 29(115): 649-652
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-8449 PMID: 7832029 Document Number: 430606
In this study 212 high school students from different familial configurations were compared regarding their descriptions of themselves and their parents, as well as how their parents interacted with each other. Findings revealed that fathers' ratings or evaluations, but not mothers' ratings or the students' self-ratings, suffered in the wake of divorce. Regarding perceived "loving" actions by parents, however, students from intact families clearly had an advantage over their counterparts from reconstituted, divorced, and single-parent families. Implications of the findings are discussed.