EJ446994 CG541271
Title: Family Structure, Gender, and Parental Socialization.Author(s): Thomson, Elizabeth; And Others
Source: Journal of Marriage and the Family, v54 n2 p368-78 May 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0022-2445
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJNOV1992
National Survey
of Families and Households data revealed that parent gender did
not account for family structure variations in parental socialization
among parents (n=3,738) of adolescents. Single parents reported
less restrictive rules than did married parents, whereas stepparents
and cohabiting males reported significantly less frequent activities
with and positive responses to children than did original parents.
(Author/NB)
Descriptors: Adolescents; Cohabitation; *Family Structure; Nuclear
Family; One Parent Family; *Parent Child Relationship; *Sex Differences;
*Socialization; Stepfamily
