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The effects of single-mother families and nonresident fathers on adolescent behaviors such as delinquency and substance abuse differ for white and black adolescents. The single-mother families affect the sons more negatively than daughters. Adolescents in black single-mother families have less negative outcomes than those in white families. Involvement of nonresident father with adolescent in single-mother families has a positive effect on black adolescents and a negative effect on white adolescents. Single-mother families are more institutionalized in black cultures.
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Mothers in three family types were examined in an effort to understand the consequences of adolescent pregnancy and childbearing for the family. The results showed that mothers of never-pregnant teens had less permissive attitudes, higher monitoring levels and higher achievement expectations, and viewed early childbearing as more problematic. The within-family risk factors associated with teenage pregnancy are highlighted and suggestions as to how families may be affected by adolescent pregnancy are provided.
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The hypothesis that family factors would have an effect on individual trajectories in the development of alcohol misuse was tested. Data, based on interviews with 506 adolescents in a northeastern metropolitan area, was analyzed. Results indicated that parenting significantly predicts adolescents' initial drinking rates, and their rates of increase in alcohol misuse.
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