Adolescent Family Life Satisfaction in Remarried Families : a Study of Communication, Flexibility, Bonding, Celebrations, and Routines

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine family flexibility, bonding, time and routines, celebrations, and parent-adolescent communication as predictors of adolescent family life satisfaction. The sample consisted of 65 adolescents (14-18) living in remarried families. Self-report questionnaires were administered through the subjects' high school English classes. Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression analyses were used to test the hypotheses. The Pearson product moment correlation analyses demonstrated significant positive relationships between flexibility, time and routines, parent-adolescent communication, stepparent-adolescent communication, and celebrations, and adolescent family life satisfaction. A significant negative relationship was demonstrated between bonding and adolescent family life satisfaction. The multiple regression analysis demonstrated the overall model to be significant (p < .001)' with the independent variables accounting for approximately 56% of the variance in adolescent family life satisfaction. Flexibility and parentadolescent communication demonstrated significant positive relationship within the model. Implications were discussed.