收养状况和父母的投资:一个在兄弟姐妹的方法
Ashley Larsen Gibby1, Jocelyn S Wikle1, Kevin J A Thomas2
1School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Journal of child and family studies
|September 2, 2024
概括
与生理孩子相比,收养父母每天花费的时间对收养孩子的时间要少. 在家庭中,收养的孩子比他们的兄弟姐妹更不可能接受私立学校的教育.
科学领域:
- 家庭研究 家庭研究
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 以前的研究表明,收养父母的投资与生理父母相等或更多.
- 大多数研究比较家庭,而不是家庭内部,以评估父母的投资.
- 家庭内部的比较可以更好地隔离生物学关系对父母投资的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查家长对收养孩子的时间和财务投资,与同一家庭内生育的孩子相比.
- 用家庭内部分析来分离生物联系和父母投资之间的关系.
- 检查是否收养的孩子与他们的亲生兄弟姐妹相比,获得了不同的投资.
主要方法:
- 利用了美国时间使用调查 (2007-2018) 和美国社区调查 (2014-2018) 的数据.
- 家庭内雇佣的固定效应回归模型用于分析.
- 评估父母的时间 (一对一,质量,总量) 和财务投资 (私立学校入学).
主要成果:
- 父母每天与收养孩子的时间比生育孩子的时间少.
- 虽然大多数家庭都在平等地投资,但当兄弟姐妹有所不同时,收养孩子不太可能接受私立学校的教育.
- 调查结果表明,在混合收养家庭中,父母的投资可能存在差异.
结论:
- 混合收养家庭的收养儿童可能会比他们的亲生兄弟姐妹获得更少的资源.
- 强调家庭内部研究对于理解家长投资的重要性.
- 表明选择效应可能解释了一些观察到的收养儿童优势.
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