Family Instability and Child Well-being

• Couple Conflict and Child Presence: An Examination of Reports on Parents’ Use of Conflict Tactics and Behavior in Early Childhood
  Presented by: Patricia Pendry, F. M. Henderson, J. Antles, E. Conlin
• Low-income Mothers’ Patterns of Partnership Instability and Adolescents’ Behavioral and Emotional Well-being Presented by: Heather J. Bachman, Rebekah Levine Coley, Jennifer Carrano
• Family Instability and School Readiness in the United States and the United Kingdom
  Presented by: Paula Fomby, Shannon Cavanagh
• Daddy’s Got a New “Friend”: Does a New Partner Influence Father Involvement With Nonresident Children?
  Presented by: Lauren Rinelli McClain

Abstracts

Family Instability and Child Well-being

Presented by: Susan L. Brown, Patricia Pendry, F. M. Henderson, J. Angles, E. Conlin, Heather J. Bachman, Rebekah Levine Coley, Jennifer Carrano, Paula Fomby, Shannon Cavanagh, Lauren Rinelli McClain

The symposium brings together scholars conducting innovative research on family instability and child outcomes from diverse disciplinary perspectives, including human development, education, psychology, and sociology. Each paper showcases different data to address how family instability (whether in terms of structure or processes) is related to children's well-being in multiple contexts, including disadvantaged and international populations. This symposium features participants from the 2009 conference on Marital and Family Instability sponsored by the National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University. The speakers are eager to continue the fruitful dialogue in this NCFR symposium.