This decade's literature on families with children and adolescents can be broadly organized
around the implications for youth of family statuses (eg, family structure) and family …

Scholars have long looked to family composition to understand child well-being. The study
of family instability, or the experience of repeated changes in parents’ union status during …

Neural processing occurs across a range of temporal scales. To facilitate this, the brain
uses fast-changing representations reflecting momentary sensory input alongside more …

This study investigated the association between family instability and children's problem
behavior during the transition to first grade. In a sample (n = 1,015) drawn from the NICHD …

This study extends the growing literature of family instability by investigating the significance
of its timing for children’s social adjustment. We find that more than a third of the 1,364 …

As patterns of union formation and dissolution in adult lives become complex, the living
arrangements of American children are becoming increasingly fluid. With a sample (N = 12,843) …

Scholars who have studied the effects of early pubertal timing on girls' sexual debut contend
that this association may result from the company they keep. Although this basic biosocial …

The social and human capital that educational attainment provides women enables them to
better navigate their children's passages through school. In this study, we examine a key …

This study examined the association between family structure history and adolescent romance.
Using a national sample drawn from Add Health (N= 13,570), family structure at Wave I …

The linkage between family structure and adolescents' academic experiences is part of a
larger, dynamic process unfolding over time. To investigate this phenomenon, this study drew …