Health and Well-Being of Adolescents in Different Family Structures in Germany and the Importance of Family Climate.

ABSTRACT: The family is of exceptional and lifelong importance to the health of adolescents. Family structure has been linked to children's and adolescents' health and well-being; a nuclear family has been shown to be indicative of better health outcomes as compared with a single-parent family or a step-family. Family climate is rarely included in studies on children's and adolescents' health and well-being, albeit findings have indicated it is importance. Using data from n = 6838 students aged 12-13 years from the German National Educational Panel Study, this study shows that stronger familial cohesion and better a parent-child relationship are associated with better self-rated health, higher life satisfaction, more prosocial behavior, and less problematic conduct, and that these associations are s

SUBMITTER: Herke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7559242 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature