The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation

By Paul R. Amato. The Future of children, 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment (2007, background): “For example, Amato (2005) asserts that, “The weight of the evidence strongly suggests that growing up without two biological parents in the home increases children’s risk of a variety of cognitive, emotional, and social problems” (emphasis added, p. 85).”
Nonresident Father Involvement and Adolescent Well-Being: Father Effects or Child Effects? (2007, background): “Children who live apart from their fathers, compared with children who reside with both parents, face a number of economic and social disadvantages that appear to increase the risk of behavior problems, subjective distress, and school failure (Amato 2005; McLanahan and Sandefur 1994).”
The Long‐Term Effects of Building Strong Families: A Program for Unmarried Parents (2014, positive): “The disruption of unmarried parents’ relationships is significant because children growing up in households that do not include both their biological parents are at greater risk of poor outcomes (Amato, 2005; Carlson & Corcoran, 2001; Kim, 2011; McLanahan & Sandefur, 1994).”
For Better or For Worse? The Consequences of Marriage and Cohabitation for Single Mothers (2008, background): “Lichter, Graefe and Brown 2003) and that children raised in two-parent households fare better on several outcomes than those reared in single-parent families (”
Assessment framework of the OECD Study on Social and Emotional Skills (2019, background): “There is a wealth of literature on the benefits of a stable two-parent household, especially on emotional well-being (Amato, 2005[200]).”
Poverty and family structure effects on children's mathematics achievement: Estimates from random and fixed effects models (2009, background): “Thus, public policy has also focused on marriage-promotion programs for low-income parents, in hopes that this will help these families escape from poverty and create improved outcomes for their children (Amato, 2005; Dion, 2005). Yet, perhaps surprisingly, studies of the effects of poverty and fami”
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children's Education (2019, background): “Economic deprivation undermines parents’ ability to provide the material goods and services needed to cultivate children’s academic growth (Amato, 2005).”
Partnership Instability and Child Well-Being (2007, background): “relationship may reduce their stress in the short term ( Amato, 2005 ).”
How Does the Gender of Parents Matter (2010, background): “Most reviews of this research, however, conflate the number of parents with the other four variables (Amato, 2005; Glenn et al., 2002; Popenoe, 1996).”
Same‐Sex Parent Families and Children's Academic Achievement (2012, background): “Amato (2005) and McLanahan and Percheski (2008) summarized the research on nontraditional families and concluded that children from single-parent, divorced-parent, or stepparent households generally performed below their peers with two married biological parents.”
Mothers, Fathers, Families, and Circumstances: Factors Affecting Children's Adjustment (2012, background): “, & Amato, P. R. (2001). Parental predivorce relations and”