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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: EJ363294 AUTHOR: Amato, Paul R.; Ochiltree, Gay


TITLE: Child and Adolescent Competence in Intact, One
Parent, and Step-Families: An Australian Study.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1987
JOURNAL: Journal-of-Divorce; v10 n3-4 p75-96 Spr-Sum 1987

ABSTRACT: Compared competence of children and adolescents
from two-parent families (N=201), one-parent families
(N=89), and stepfamilies (N=55). Found that children in
stepfamilies, compared with other groups, had lower reading
ability, impulse control, and self-esteem, while children
in two-parent families had lower level of everyday skills
performance. (Author/NB)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adolescents-; Children-; Comparative
Analysis; Daily-Living-Skills; Elementary-Secondary
Education; Foreign-Countries; Interpersonal-Competence;
Reading-Ability
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Competence-; *Family-Structure; *Nuclear
Family; *One-Parent-Family; *Self-Esteem; *Stepfamily-

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