1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«[T]his study aimed to identify family transition profiles within a representative sample of Canadian families and to assess the impact of family transition profiles on later adolescent behavioral outcomes.» (p. 572)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«Based on past findings, we expected certain family transition profiles (e.g., multiple changes in family structure) to predict more impaired behavioral functioning during the adolescent years. We also expected the timing of the initial family transition to contribute significantly and independently to adolescent behavioral outcomes.» (p. 573)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
Les auteures utilisent des données tirées du sondage pancanadien ‘National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY)’.

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse statistique

3. Résumé

«[W]e found that although initially intact households shared a number of characteristics, there was also evidence of significant differences between common-law and married families. As reported elsewhere, common-law families were overrepresented in the province of Quebec, and they were more likely to experience a family transition over the period examined than married families (Lebourdais & Lapierre-Adamcyk, 2004). Other differences relating to child, maternal, and family characteristics suggested that, overall, common-law households were presenting with more risk factors for both family dissolution and poorer child behavioral outcomes than their married counterparts, replicating other findings regarding differences between cohabitating and married families (Cavanagh & Huston, 2006; Gosselin et al., 2014).» (p. 582) «[T]his study highlights the fact that differences in children’s developmental trajectories based on initial marital status might be a proxy for a number of salient socioeconomic variables (e.g., parental education and employment, parent psychopathology, household income) that put children at greater risk for vulnerability to externalized problems during adolescence, but not internalized problems (e.g., emotional problems).» (p. 586)