Relationship Quality Between Multiracial Adolescents and Their Biological Parents |
Relationship Quality Between Multiracial Adolescents and Their Biological Parents
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume 70, Issue 4 (October 2000)
pages 445–454
DOI: 10.1037/h0087763
M. Elise Radina, Associate Professor of Family Studies & Social Work
Miami University, Ohio
Teresa M. Cooney, Associate Professor of Human Develpopment and Family Studies
University of Missouri
National survey data were used to compare single-race white and minority adolescents with multiracial adolescents in terms of relationships with their parents. Three relational dimensions were considered: association/interaction, communication, and emotional closeness. Comparable relationship quality was found between parents and adolescents in all three groups, except that multiracial boys and their fathers were found to be less emotionally close and communicative. Implications for research are discussed.
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