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Parental Union Dissolution and Subsequent Child Well-Being

Burgoyne, Sarah E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333032388

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Sociology.
I use the first three waves of the Fragile Families Study (N = 1,692) to explore whether the dissolution of two-biological parent cohabitation is associated with multiple domains of child well-being (aggressive behavior, withdrawn behavior, anxious/depressive behavior, and health) in the same way as two-biological parent divorce. In this thesis, I evaluate whether children who experience unstable two-biological-parent cohabitation fare worse than children who experience unstable two-biological-parent marriage. I also consider whether economic and parenting resources reduce the effect of parental union type on child well-being. Children who experience the dissolution of parental cohabitation fare better than their counterparts who experience parental divorce in terms of health, but are not different than their counterparts on behavioral outcomes. Children living with unstably cohabiting parents exhibit similar levels of aggressive behavior, withdrawn behavior, and anxious/depressive behaviors their counterparts whose parents divorced. However, children living with unstably cohabiting parents had higher odds having excellent health, on average, than their counterparts living with divorced parents. When comparing stable parental unions, living with cohabiting parents was associated with higher levels of child aggressive and anxious/depressive behavior. The current study suggests that the legal status of two-biological-parent union dissolution is an important predictor of child health, but not behavioral outcomes.
Susan Brown, PhD (Advisor)
Karen Guzzo, PhD (Committee Member)
Wendy Manning, PhD (Committee Member)
59 p.
Demographics; Demography; Sociology
parental union dissolution; child well-being

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  • Burgoyne, S. E. (2012). Parental Union Dissolution and Subsequent Child Well-Being [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333032388

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burgoyne, Sarah. Parental Union Dissolution and Subsequent Child Well-Being. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333032388.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burgoyne, Sarah. "Parental Union Dissolution and Subsequent Child Well-Being." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333032388

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