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26-08-2016 | Original Paper

Family Structure, Transitions and Psychiatric Disorders Among Puerto Rican Children

Auteurs: Olga Santesteban-Echarri, Ruth E. Eisenberg, Hector R. Bird, Glorisa J. Canino, Cristiane S. Duarte

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 11/2016

Abstract

This paper examines whether family structure and its transitions are associated with internalizing and externalizing psychiatric disorders among Puerto Rican-origin children. It uses longitudinal data (three waves) from the Boricua Youth Study, which includes probability samples of children in the South Bronx (New York) and San Juan (Puerto Rico) (n = 2,142). We also examine factors which may explain how family structure and transitions may be related to child psychiatric disorders. Our results show that for both internalizing and externalizing disorders there were no significant differences between children of cohabiting (biological or step) parents or of single parents compared to children of married biological parents. In Puerto Rico only, transitioning once from a two-parent family to a single-parent family was related to child internalizing disorders. Family transitions were not associated with externalizing disorders at either site. Context may be an important factor shaping the risk that family dissolution is followed by an internalizing disorder among children.

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Titel: Family Structure, Transitions and Psychiatric Disorders Among Puerto Rican Children
Auteurs: Olga Santesteban-Echarri
Ruth E. Eisenberg
Hector R. Bird
Glorisa J. Canino
Cristiane S. Duarte
Publicatiedatum: 26-08-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 11/2016
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0498-2

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