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Diverse early-life family trajectories and young children's mental health in the UK
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dc.contributor.author | Stastna, Michaela | |
dc.contributor.author | Mikolai, Julia | |
dc.contributor.author | Finney, Nissa | |
dc.contributor.author | Keenan, Katherine Lisa | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-04T13:30:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-03-04T13:30:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-03-02 | |
dc.identifier | 298494493 | |
dc.identifier | 4dfed023-4fc5-4d9e-bd2a-76a8a70b01ad | |
dc.identifier | 85186586566 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stastna , M , Mikolai , J , Finney , N & Keenan , K L 2024 , ' Diverse early-life family trajectories and young children's mental health in the UK ' , Journal of Family Issues , vol. OnlineFirst . https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X241236561 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0192-513X | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-8944-2109/work/155068992 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-7733-6659/work/155069208 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9670-1607/work/155069603 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-6602-9920/work/155069653 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/29415 | |
dc.description | Authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); grant number 2460061. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Past research suggests that children from two-parent married families fare better than children from other families on many outcomes. Only fragmented evidence on diverse family trajectories in association with child mental health is available. Using multi-channel sequence analysis and data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, we jointly capture maternal partnership trajectories and type of father co-residence between birth and age 5. We then assess the association between these family trajectories and child mental health at age 5 and 8 using random effects regression. Children whose trajectories include the entrance of a non-biological father or parental separation have the lowest levels of mental health. However, children of never partnered mothers and those who repartner with the biological father have comparable mental health to children of stably married biological parents. Thus, not all types of family complexity or instability appear to be equally detrimental to children’s mental health. | |
dc.format.extent | 29 | |
dc.format.extent | 722486 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Family Issues | en |
dc.subject | Family demography | en |
dc.subject | Parent/child relations | en |
dc.subject | Divorce/separation | en |
dc.subject | Life course | en |
dc.subject | Step-families | en |
dc.subject | HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HQ | en |
dc.title | Diverse early-life family trajectories and young children's mental health in the UK | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Population and Health Research | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X241236561 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2024-03-02 |
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