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Author: Day, Randal D.
Resulting in 22 citations.
1. Bahr, Stephen J.
Day, Randal D.
Sex Role Attitudes, Female Employment, and Marital Satisfaction
Journal of Comparative Family Studies 9 (Spring 1978): 53-67
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women
Publisher: Canadian Ethnic Studies
Keyword(s): Employment; Husbands, Attitudes; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marriage; Sex Roles; Wives, Attitudes

Substantial increases in the proportion of married females in the labor force have occurred during the past 25 years. This has prompted family scholars to ask whether or not the employment of the wife might affect marital satisfaction. Although this question has been examined by a number of scholars, research on this topic needs to be extended in at least two ways. First, sex role attitudes of husband and wife would appear to be important but have not been examined thoroughly. Second, other variables known to be associated with female employment have not been adequately controlled. The purpose of this paper is to examine with appropriate controls the effects of sex role attitudes and the wife's employment status on marital satisfaction.
Bibliography Citation
Bahr, Stephen J. and Randal D. Day. "Sex Role Attitudes, Female Employment, and Marital Satisfaction." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 9 (Spring 1978): 53-67.
2. Bolkan, Cory
Sano, Yoshie
De Costa, Jennifer
Acock, Alan C.
Day, Randal D.
Early Adolescents' Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Styles and Problem Behavior.
Marriage and Family Review 46,8 (2010): 563-579.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494929.2010.543040
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Behavior; Behavioral Problems; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Gender; Modeling, Structural Equation; Parenting Skills/Styles; Substance Use; Teenagers

We investigated early adolescents' perceptions of parenting styles in mother-father-adolescent triads along with child self-reported problem behaviors (substance abuse and delinquency). We also examined the various combinations of mothers' and fathers' parenting styles by child gender in relation to problem behavior. Participants included 3,353 children (aged 12 to 14) from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth-97. Results from our structural equation model indicated that mothers and fathers may use different parenting strategies and that permissive parenting may not be as detrimental as previously assumed. In addition, youth perceptions of each parent were equally important in explaining problem behavior among both daughters and sons, but the perception of an authoritarian mother showed stronger adverse effects on sons, even after controlling for poverty and peer influence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Bolkan, Cory, Yoshie Sano, Jennifer De Costa, Alan C. Acock and Randal D. Day. "Early Adolescents' Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Parenting Styles and Problem Behavior." Marriage and Family Review 46,8 (2010): 563-579.
3. Day, Randal D.
The Transition to First Intercourse Among Racially and Culturally Diverse Youth
Journal of Marriage and Family 54,4 (November 1992): 749-762.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/353158
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Peers/Peer influence/Peer relations; Sexual Activity; Sexual Experiences/Virginity

This study explored the transition to first sexual intercourse among Chicano, Latino, black, and white teens. A logistic regression model was used to estimate the effect of distal and proximate variables on that transition. It was hypothesized that as a teen ages she or he would move from being more influenced by proximate factors to being more influenced by the distal world of peers and community. This hypothesis was partially confirmed, but there were significant differences between males and females, and ethnic/cultural groups. It was also suggested that age of f intercourse is not a simple process but rather there is a compelling need to perform separate analysis by race and gender. In particular, factors influencing the transition to intercourse for Chicano and Latino subgroups of males and females were quite unique.
Bibliography Citation
Day, Randal D. "The Transition to First Intercourse Among Racially and Culturally Diverse Youth." Journal of Marriage and Family 54,4 (November 1992): 749-762.
4. Day, Randal D.
Bahr, Stephen J.
Income Changes Following Divorce and Remarriage
Journal of Divorce 9,3 (Spring 1986): 75-88.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J279v09n03_06
Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Gender Differences; Income; Marital Disruption; Marital Status

Data were examined for the young men and young women cohorts of the NLS. All respondents who were married were followed for 10 years and divided into three groups: (1) those who remained married, (2) those who divorced and did not remarry, and (3) those who divorced and remarried. Selected results show that female per capita income decreased substantially after divorce, while male per capita income increased substantially. Among those who remained married there was no difference between males and females in per capita family income. Differences between male and female income levels could not be attributed solely to number of dependents. Even among those with no dependents, females had much lower incomes than males. [(c)APA]
Bibliography Citation
Day, Randal D. and Stephen J. Bahr. "Income Changes Following Divorce and Remarriage." Journal of Divorce 9,3 (Spring 1986): 75-88.
5. Day, Randal D.
Gavazzi, Stephen M.
Miller, Richard
van Langeveld, Alisa
Compelling Family Processes
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 116-128.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733260
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Family Formation; Family Studies

This article introduces the idea of family process research and asserts that the study of family processes is an indispensable component of any effort to conceptualize and measure family life. Within this article the family process approach is defined through the use of several domains that categorize core constructs. Further, several key assumptions are identified that form the foundation this family process approach. A related objective of this article advances the notion that family process--oriented research has grown increasingly sophisticated over the years, often in ways that have helped to shape and define the discipline of family science. This article instructs readers about using a family process approach, especially within the context of employing a large national data set such as the NLSY97.

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Day, Randal D., Stephen M. Gavazzi, Richard Miller and Alisa van Langeveld. "Compelling Family Processes." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 116-128.
6. Day, Randal D.
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Price, Jessica L. Smith
Orthner, Dennis K.
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Kaye, Kelleen
Family Processes and Adolescent Religiosity and Religious Practice: View from the NLSY97
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 289-309.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902735109
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Parent-Child Interaction; Parental Marital Status; Religion; Religious Influences

This article focuses on family processes and adolescent religious attendance and personal religiosity. We find that the closeness and quality of the marital relationship and relationship between adolescent and parents significantly contributes to the strength of adolescent religious conviction and practice. The study used data from the NLSY97 cohort. Predictors include parenting style, closeness, and parent--child closeness; family structure; income, employment, parental education, mother's age at first birth, and number of siblings; adolescent characteristics (e.g., age, gender, race/ethnicity, disability, lying or cheating); and environmental characteristics (e.g., region of country, urbanicity, and physical environment risk). Family religious attendance was dramatically influenced by race in adolescents aged 16 years. Adolescents living with married, biological parents in 1997 were 36% more likely to attend worship services than those living with stepfamilies. Adolescents living in more physically risky environments, with peers who belonged to gangs, cut classes, or had sex, were less likely to attend weekly worship services with their families. Finally, compared with adolescents whose parents had a high-quality marital relationship and who had good relationships with both parents, all other adolescents were less likely to attend weekly worship services with their families.

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Day, Randal D., Hinckley A. Jones-Sanpei, Jessica L. Smith Price, Dennis K. Orthner, Elizabeth Catherine Hair, Kristin Anderson Moore and Kelleen Kaye. "Family Processes and Adolescent Religiosity and Religious Practice: View from the NLSY97." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 289-309.
7. Day, Randal D.
Kaye, Kelleen
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Exploring Family Processes in the NLSY97
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009):109-115.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902735364
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Family Process Measures; Family Studies

This article introduces a special edition of Marriage and Family Review. We comment on how this collection emerged and was funded. A theoretical foundation for the articles is also presented. Finally, a short description of each article is included. The overall conclusion of the article is that the NLSY97 is a significant and important starting point for researching inner family life and family process variables. However, the authors note that large-scale research projects are needed within which family processes are the focus and not a sidelight.

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Day, Randal D., Kelleen Kaye, Elizabeth Catherine Hair and Kristin Anderson Moore. "Exploring Family Processes in the NLSY97." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009):109-115.
8. Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Anderson Moore, Kristin
Hadley, Alena M.
Kaye, Kelleen
Day, Randal D.
Orthner, Dennis K.
Parent Marital Quality and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Health Outcomes
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 218-248.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733500
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Children, Home Environment; Children, Mental Health; Children, Well-Being; Marital Disruption; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Religious Influences; Substance Use; Variables, Independent - Covariate

Although a number of studies examined the implications of marital disruption for adolescent well-being, few studied the implications of marital relationship quality on health outcomes for children in married-couple families. The present study examines how parent marital quality among intact families interacts with the quality of parent-adolescent relationships to predict physical health, mental health, and substance use in middle adolescence and early adulthood. The study uses data from the NLSY97 cohort, a nationally representative sample of adolescents who are being followed into adulthood. Predictors include the quality of the parent marital relationship, the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship, marital structure, and a number of contextual covariates and control variables. Combined parent marital quality and parent-adolescent relationship groups were developed using latent class analyses and were used to predict positive and negative health behaviors during the teen and early adult years. Results indicate that adolescents in families experiencing poor marital quality fared worse on physical health, mental health, and substance use outcomes. In addition, adolescents who reported poor relationships with at least one of their parents fared worse on outcomes. Adolescents whose parents have low-quality relationships and also have poor parent-adolescent relationships tended to fare least well across health measures. Adolescents whose parents have a high-quality relationship and who have a good parent-adolescent relationship with both parents consistently had the best outcomes. Overall, poor relationships consistently undermine mental health, physical health, and substance use. Family religious activities also consistently predict better health outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Bibliography Citation
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine, Kristin Anderson Moore, Alena M. Hadley, Kelleen Kaye, Randal D. Day and Dennis K. Orthner. "Parent Marital Quality and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Health Outcomes." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 218-248.
9. Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Hadley, Alena M.
Kaye, Kelleen
Day, Randal D.
Orthner, Dennis K.
Parent Marital Quality and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship: Profiles of Relationship Quality
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 189-217.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733500
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Divorce; Fathers and Children; Marital Conflict; Modeling, Growth Curve/Latent Trajectory Analysis; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Marital Status

Rigorous studies repeatedly have demonstrated the negative effects of parental divorce on outcomes for families. However, very few studies have examined the quality of the marital relationship within intact families or how the quality of the marital relationship interacts with the quality of the parent--adolescent relationship. The present study examines how aspects of parent marital quality, such as marital support and conflict between the couple, existed within married families and examines how patterns of mother--adolescent and father--adolescent relationships quality varied longitudinally from 1997 to 1999. The study uses data from the NLSY97 cohort, a nationally representative sample of adolescents who are being followed into adulthood. Four profiles of parent marital quality were developed using latent class analyses. Four growth profiles for the mother--adolescent relationship and for the father--adolescent relationship were created using latent growth class analysis in Mplus.

To examine how the parent marital quality profiles and the parent--adolescent relationship quality interact, we examined how they overlapped. Six distinct groups were evident from this examination: (1) high marital quality and good relationships with both parents, (2) high marital quality and a good relationship with only one parent, (3) high support and high conflict marital quality and a good relationship with at least one parent, (4) low marital quality and a good relationship with at least one parent, (5) high marital quality and bad relationships with both parents, and (6) low marital quality and bad relationships with both parents.

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Hair, Elizabeth Catherine, Kristin Anderson Moore, Alena M. Hadley, Kelleen Kaye, Randal D. Day and Dennis K. Orthner. "Parent Marital Quality and the Parent-Adolescent Relationship: Profiles of Relationship Quality." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 189-217.
10. Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Kaye, Kelleen
Day, Randal D.
Orthner, Dennis K.
Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Components of Relationship Strengths in Married Couple Families
ASPE Research Brief, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), January 2009.
Also: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/RelationshipStrengths/Components/rb.shtml
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Divorce; Families, Two-Parent; Marital Dissolution; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Marital Status; Transition, Adulthood

OVERVIEW
Due to sharp increases in the divorce rate and the increasing numbers of unmarried couples cohabitating in the United States, numerous research studies have examined the effects of marital dissolution on children. However, in 2006 nearly 50 million children were living with two, married parents, about two-thirds of all children in the country.

The purpose of this research brief is to explain the relationship context of adolescents who live in married couple families. Specifically, we assess the marital quality of the adolescents’ biological parents (and step-parents) by examining how supportive and conflict behaviors combine within the couple relationship. We also examine how support and conflict operate in parent-adolescent relationships. These separate measures of couple and parent-adolescent relationships are then combine[d] to form new categories that describe the relationship context within which adolescents transition into young adulthood.

The overall goal of the research is to determine whether marital quality and parent-adolescent relationships are associated with particular outcomes for adolescents. This analysis is unique in that it relies on the perceptions of parent marital and parent-adolescent relationship quality from the adolescents’ perspective. Additionally, this study uses a nationally representative data set to examine these couple and parent-adolescent relationships.

Bibliography Citation
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelleen Kaye, Randal D. Day and Dennis K. Orthner. "Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Components of Relationship Strengths in Married Couple Families." ASPE Research Brief, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), January 2009.
11. Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Kaye, Kelleen
Day, Randal D.
Orthner, Dennis K.
Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Well-Being
ASPE Research Brief, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), January 2009.
Also: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/08/RelationshipStrengths/Well-Being/rb.shtml
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Keyword(s): Children, Well-Being; Educational Outcomes; Families, Two-Parent; Health Factors; Health, Mental/Psychological; Marital Dissolution; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Religious Influences; Sexual Activity; Substance Use; Transition, Adulthood

OVERVIEW
While a number of studies have examined the effects of marital disruption on adolescent well-being, few have studied the implications of marital conflict and relationship quality for child well-being in married-couple families. This represents an important gap in the research, since most children live in married couple families. The present study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort (NLSY97), a nationally representative sample of adolescents who are being followed into adulthood to examine how parent marital quality among intact families interacts with the quality of the parent-adolescent relationships to predict physical health, mental health, substance use, sexual activity, religious activity, and educational outcomes in middle adolescence and early adulthood. Results indicate that adolescents whose parents have a high quality relationship and who have a good parent-adolescent relationship with both parents consistently had the best outcomes. Ironically, these types of parent/child situations are among the least studied.

SUMMARY
This study of adolescents in married couple families finds that the combined nature of parent marital quality and parent-youth relationships affect physical health, mental health, and substance abuse outcomes for youth in middle adolescence and, to a lesser extent, early adulthood. Specifically, among adolescents in married-couple families, those whose parents experienced marital discord and poor parent-adolescent relationships during their early adolescent years fare worse on a range of indicators of physical health, mental health, substance use, sexual activity, religious activity, and education outcomes. Furthermore, this research offers preliminary evidence that both parental marital quality and positive parent-adolescent relationships are important to well-being outcomes later in adolescence and extending in some cases even into early adulthood.

Bibliography Citation
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine, Kristin Anderson Moore, Kelleen Kaye, Randal D. Day and Dennis K. Orthner. "Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Well-Being." ASPE Research Brief, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), January 2009.
12. Holmes, Erin K.
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Day, Randal D.
Adolescent Outcome Measures in the NLSY97 Family Process Data Set: Variation by Race and Socioeconomic Conditions
Marriage and Family Review 45,4 (2009): 374-391.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902828151
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Behavioral Problems; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Family Process Measures; Gender Differences; Household Income; Racial Differences; Substance Use

This study uses nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1997 to analyze adolescent outcome indexes (delinquency, substance use, and emotional and behavior problems) by gender, race, household income, and family structure. Results from analysis of variance show that family structure is correlated with better adolescent outcomes, even after controlling for gender, race, and household income. For example, adolescents from two-parent biological homes consistently reported significantly less delinquency and use of illegal substances such as alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana than adolescents from single-mother or stepfamily households. All adolescents and their parents in two-parent biological families reported significantly lower incidences of behavioral and emotional problems than adolescents and their parents in single-mother or stepfamilies. Other findings with respect to gender, race, and income, as well as some interaction effects, were also indicated by the analysis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)
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Holmes, Erin K., Hinckley A. Jones-Sanpei and Randal D. Day. "Adolescent Outcome Measures in the NLSY97 Family Process Data Set: Variation by Race and Socioeconomic Conditions." Marriage and Family Review 45,4 (2009): 374-391.
13. Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Day, Randal D.
Holmes, Erin K.
Core Family Process Measures in the NLSY97: Variation by Gender, Race, Income, and Family Structure
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 140-167.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733468
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Family Process Measures; Family Studies; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Marital Status; Parenting Skills/Styles; Parents, Single

This article uses data from the NLSY97 to provide a descriptive portrait of core family process measures--family routines, parent-youth relationship, parental monitoring, control and autonomy in parenting adolescents, parenting style, and the parents' marital relationship. This research contributes to our understanding of how family processes vary by gender, race, household income, and family structure. The comparisons were performed using analysis of variance. We found that adolescents with single mothers reported fewer family routines; adolescents reported better relationships with their mothers than their fathers; and adolescents reported less control over limit setting than their parents reported but reported more limit breaking than their parents. Finally, most adolescents reported their parents had an authoritative parenting style. Other findings with respect to gender, race, and income, as well as some interaction effects, were also indicated by the analysis.

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Bibliography Citation
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A., Randal D. Day and Erin K. Holmes. "Core Family Process Measures in the NLSY97: Variation by Gender, Race, Income, and Family Structure." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 140-167.
14. Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Day, Randal D.
Holmes, Erin K.
van Langeveld, Alisa
Family Process Variables in the NLSY97: A Primer
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 129-139.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733393
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Family Income; Family Process Measures; Family Structure; Gender; Racial Differences; Sample Selection; Siblings

The current report addresses several issues regarding family process measures in the NLSY97. We draw particular attention to the numerous sampling strategies available, the strengths and weaknesses of each strategy, the nature of missingness among variables dependent on sampling strategy, and the issue of nonindependence associated with sibling respondents in some, but not all, families sampled. We also include a description of four key variables created to describe variations in the family process measures by gender, race, family income, and family structure.

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Bibliography Citation
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A., Randal D. Day, Erin K. Holmes and Alisa van Langeveld. "Family Process Variables in the NLSY97: A Primer." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 129-139.
15. Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Holmes, Erin K.
Day, Randal D.
Family Process Environmental Measures in the NLSY97: Variation by Race and Socioeconomic Conditions
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 168–188.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733484
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Ethnic Differences; Family Environment; Racial Differences; Religious Influences; Risk-Taking

This article uses data from the NLSY97 to provide a descriptive portrait of family environmental indices—family/home risk, physical environment risk, enriching environments for youth, and family religious practices. The report includes a brief overview of the literature on risk, resilience, and protective factors as they relate to family processes, detailed information about the indices related to family/home risk, physical environment risk, enriching environments for youth, and family religious practices, as well as variations in each of these indices by adolescent gender, race, family income, and family structure. The comparisons were performed using analysis of variance to control for group differences. Results show that White adolescents reported fewer environmental risks and more protective factors than African American adolescents. Parents of African American adolescents reported higher religiosity than parents of Hispanic or White adolescents. Other findings with respect to gender, race, and income, as well as some interaction effects, were also indicated by the analysis.

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Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A., Erin K. Holmes and Randal D. Day. "Family Process Environmental Measures in the NLSY97: Variation by Race and Socioeconomic Conditions." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 168–188. A.
16. Kaye, Kelleen
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Hadley, Alena M.
Day, Randal D.
Orthner, Dennis K.
Parent Marital Quality and the Parent–Adolescent Relationship: Effects on Sexual Activity among Adolescents and Youth
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 270-288.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733641
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Adolescent Sexual Activity; Marital Stability; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parental Marital Status; Religious Influences; Risk-Taking; Teenagers; Variables, Independent - Covariate

The link between growing up outside of an intact family and the likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behaviors as an adolescent has been explored extensively. However, fewer studies examined the likelihood of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents within intact families and what elements of those married-parent families seem to function as protective factors for adolescents. This study looks at relationships within married-parent families—that is, the parent marital relationship, the youth-parent relationship, and the interaction of the two—to identify potential sources of resilience for adolescents that influence their sexual activity. Overall, the youths' relationship with their parents matters more than the parents' relationship with each other, particularly for male youth and youth in stepparent families. Other covariates with notable influence on youths' risky sexual behaviors include parents' marital disruption and religious activity during the teen years. Analyses are based on data from the NLSY97 cohort.

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Bibliography Citation
Kaye, Kelleen, Kristin Anderson Moore, Elizabeth Catherine Hair, Alena M. Hadley, Randal D. Day and Dennis K. Orthner. "Parent Marital Quality and the Parent–Adolescent Relationship: Effects on Sexual Activity among Adolescents and Youth ." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 270-288.
17. Orthner, Dennis K.
Jones-Sanpei, Hinckley A.
Hair, Elizabeth Catherine
Moore, Kristin Anderson
Day, Randal D.
Kaye, Kelleen
Marital and Parental Relationship Quality and Educational Outcomes for Youth
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 249-269.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01494920902733617
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Dropouts; Human Capital; Marital Satisfaction/Quality; Marriage; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parenthood

This research examines the effects of parental marital quality and the quality of the parent--child relationship on the educational progress of adolescents. Previous research indicates that family structure and economic capacity have significant effects on educational achievement and high school graduation rates. Few studies, however, examined the effects of the quality of the parental relationship on the educational outcomes of their children. This study is built on bioecological and social capital theories of human development suggesting that the capacity for child and youth development is enhanced when their primary relationships are supportive and provide them with social assets that encourage human capital development. The study uses data from the NLSY97, a nationally representative sample of adolescents who are being followed into adulthood.

The findings indicate that family stability and living with two biological parents is a stronger predictor of high school graduation than parent marital quality and the quality of the parent--child relationship. But the data also indicate that parent marital quality and the quality of the parent--child relationship have a strong and positive effect on postsecondary education access among those who do graduate from high school. These findings are interpreted in light of the contribution of relationship quality to further educational involvement and the implications this has for workforce development and successful labor force competition in a global economy.

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Bibliography Citation
Orthner, Dennis K., Hinckley A. Jones-Sanpei, Elizabeth Catherine Hair, Kristin Anderson Moore, Randal D. Day and Kelleen Kaye. "Marital and Parental Relationship Quality and Educational Outcomes for Youth." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 249-269.
18. Peters, H. Elizabeth
Day, Randal D.
Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies
New York, NY: Haworth Press, 2000
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Child Care; Divorce; Ethnic Studies; Family Studies; Fatherhood; Fathers and Children; Fathers and Sons; Fathers, Influence; Fathers, Involvement; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Parents, Single

Co-published simultaneously as Marriage & Family Review 29,2/3 & 4 (2000).

Bringing together papers presented at the Conference on Father Involvement, this volume includes contributions by leading scholars in anthropology, demography, economics, family science, psychology, and sociology. Many of the contributors also address the implications of father involvement for family policy issues, including family leave, child care, and child support. Furthermore, the discussion of fatherhood ranges well beyond the case of intact, middle-class, white families to include fathers from various ethnic groups and socioeconomic classes and of varied marital status, including fathers of nonmarital children, single-father families, and nonresident fathers. Co-published simultaneously as Marriage & Family Review 29,2/3 & 4 (2000). Contents: I. The History of Fatherhood Research and Perspectives on Father Involvement. II. Fathers in Intact Families. III. Single Fathers and Fathers with Nonmarital Children. IV. Marital Disruption and Parent-Child Relationships: Interventions and Policies on Fatherhood. V. General Editors' Epilogue: The Diversity of Fatherhood: Change, Constancy, and Contradiction. REVIEW: How much power does a father have to influence his children's development? A lively and often heated public debate on the role and value of the father in a family has been underway in the US for the past decade. Nevertheless, we are far from understanding the complex ways in which fathers make contributions to their families and children. This book addresses the central questions of the role of fathers: What is the impact of father involvement on child outcomes? What factors predict increased involvement of fathers? It addresses both practical and theoretical concerns including the redefinition of fatherhood, changes over time in research on fatherhood, the predictive power of fathers' activities on their children's adult outcomes, the correlation between fathers' income and their involvement with their nonmarital children, the influence of fathers o n their sons' probability of growing up to become responsible fathers, the effects of divorce on father-son and father-daughter relationshps, and interventions that help to keep divorced fathers in touch with their children. This comprehensive, powerful book combines pioneering empirical research with thoughtful considerations of the social and psychological implications of fatherhood. It is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, psychologists, and students of family studies, human development, gender studies, social policy, sociology and human ecology

Bibliography Citation
Peters, H. Elizabeth and Randal D. Day. Fatherhood: Research, Interventions and Policies. New York, NY: Haworth Press, 2000.
19. Price, Jessica L. Smith
Day, Randal D.
Yorgason, Jeremy B.
A Longitudinal Examination of Family Processes, Demographic Variables, and Adolescent Weight
Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 310-330.
Also: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmfr20/45/2-3
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Haworth Press, Inc.
Keyword(s): Body Mass Index (BMI); Demography; Ethnic Differences; Obesity; Parenting Skills/Styles; Racial Differences; Weight

Nationally representative studies estimate that almost one in five adolescents in the United States is overweight. This is a major concern for individuals' physical and psychological health and the overall economy in terms of health care costs and loss of productivity. A 12-to 14-year-old subsample of 4,688 adolescents from the NLSY97 cohort was used to address the association between family processes, demographic variables, and adolescent body mass index (BMI) percentile over 4 years. The final model indicated that frequency of family meals, gender, race, control, and mothers' BMI were important predictors of adolescent BMI percentile over time. Mothers' BMI was the strongest predictor of adolescent BMI percentile. More frequent family meals led to decreases in BMI percentile over time, whereas males, African Americans, and Latinos had higher average BMI percentiles than other groups.

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Bibliography Citation
Price, Jessica L. Smith, Randal D. Day and Jeremy B. Yorgason. "A Longitudinal Examination of Family Processes, Demographic Variables, and Adolescent Weight." Marriage and Family Review 45,2-3 (April 2009): 310-330.
20. Teachman, Jay D.
Day, Randal D.
Carver, Karen P.
Call, Vaughn R. A.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence
Presented: Bethesda, MD, Conference on Father Involvement, October 1996
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: Author
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Differences; Cognitive Development; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Involvement; Modeling; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Siblings

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Using longitudinal data on sibling pairs from the NLSY, we investigate the influence of father-presence on behavioral and cognitive outcomes. Our results indicate that children who live in one-parent families exhibit more behavioral problems and have lower mathematics and reading ability. The differences across time between children in two-parent and one-parent families are very stable for behavioral problems and mathematics ability. For reading ability, however, the difference between children in two-parent and one-parent families increase over time. In addition, there is a drop over time in the percentage of between-family variance in reading scores, particularly for younger siblings. This pattern suggests an increasing sensitivity of reading ability to extra-familial sources of influence as children age. That this increased sensitivity to extra-familial influences results in lower reading scores only for children in one-parent families suggests that a different set of non familial factors are operating for these children.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Randal D. Day, Karen P. Carver, Vaughn R. A. Call and Kathleen M. Paasch. "Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence." Presented: Bethesda, MD, Conference on Father Involvement, October 1996.
21. Teachman, Jay D.
Day, Randal D.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Carver, Karen P.
Call, Vaughn R. A.
Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence
Journal of Marriage and Family 60,4 (November 1998): 835-848.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/view/00222445/ap020142/02a00040/0
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79
Publisher: National Council on Family Relations
Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Behavioral Differences; Cognitive Development; Family Structure; Fathers, Absence; Fathers, Involvement; Fathers, Presence; Modeling; Parents, Single; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Siblings

Using longitudinal data on sibling pairs from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the influence of father presence on behavioral and cognitive outcomes for children. Our results indicate that children who live in one-parent families exhibit more behavioral problems and have lower mathematics and reading ability than children in two-parent families. The differences across time between children in two-parent and one-parent families are very stable for behavioral problems and mathematics ability. For reading ability, however, the difference between children in two-parent and one-parent families increases over time.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Randal D. Day, Kathleen M. Paasch, Karen P. Carver and Vaughn R. A. Call. "Sibling Resemblance in Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes: The Role of Father Presence." Journal of Marriage and Family 60,4 (November 1998): 835-848.
22. Teachman, Jay D.
Paasch, Kathleen M.
Day, Randal D.
Carver, Karen P.
Poverty During Adolescence and Subsequent Educational Attainment
In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: 382-418
Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, Mature Women, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Keyword(s): Child Health; Children, Poverty; Educational Attainment; Family Structure; Fertility; Gender Differences; High School Completion/Graduates; High School Diploma; Household Composition; Intelligence; Maternal Employment; Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Reading); Poverty; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Factors

Chapter 13. The immediate effects of poverty on the living conditions, nutrition and physical and emotional health of children are relatively well documented (Mare 1982; McLeod and Shanahan 1993; McLoyd 1990; Miller and Korenman 1994a, I994b; Parker, Greer, and Zuckerman 1988). Less evidence is available on the longer-term consequences of poverty for children. This chapter focuses on the potential link between the experience of poverty in adolescence and subsequent educational achievement. A variety of evidence linking events and circumstances in childhood to outcomes in later life suggests that a childhood lived in poverty may have lasting effects. A substantial body of literature indicates the importance of parental socioeconomic and household characteristics for their offspring's eventual level of education, occupational status, and income (Blau and Duncan 1967; Corcoran et al. 1992; Duncan, Featherman, and Duncan 1972; Featherman and Hauser 1978: Hauser and Daymont 1977; Hauser and Featherman 1977; Jencks et al. 1972, 1979; Jencks, Crouse, and Meuser 1983; Sewell and Hauser 1975; Sewell, Hauser, and Wolfe 1980). We build on this literature by examining the link between poverty experienced during adolescence and several educational outcomes, including high school completion, college attendance, and years of schooling attained. We take a longitudinal perspective, distinguishing between short-term and longer term poverty. We also consider various measures of poverty as well as the impact of welfare receipt. Finally, we implement controls for a wide range of potentially confounding influences such as race, sex, parental education, family structure and intellectual ability (IQ).
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Kathleen M. Paasch, Randal D. Day and Karen P. Carver. "Poverty During Adolescence and Subsequent Educational Attainment" In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds., New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: 382-418