Thriving in stepfamilies: exploring competence and well-being among African American youth.

Although scholars conclude that children/adolescents in two-parent nuclear families have an advantage over those in stepfamilies, emerging evidence indicates that the experiences of African American youths have been overshadowed. In three replicated studies, we detected no differences on several important and commonly assessed well-being and competence indicators among samples of African American youth in two-parent nuclear and stepfamilies. Copyright 2010 Society for Adolescent Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.