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Title: Divorce, Cohabitation and Remarriage: The Association of (Step)Children and Adult Depression

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1.	Pace, Garrett T. Shafer, Kevin M.
1.	Divorce, Cohabitation and Remarriage: The Association of (Step)Children and Adult Depression Presented: San Diego CA, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, January 2013 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Depression (see also CESD); Divorce; Remarriage; Stepfamilies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Method: Data were from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79), a nationally representative sample of adults born between 1957 and 1965. Data were collected annually until 1994 and biannually since. Respondents (n = 1,561) had each divorced at T1 (age 27-37), and were continuously divorced (27%), cohabiting (12%), or remarried (61%) at T2 (age 40 or 50). Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D) and dichotomized as “high depressive symptoms” and “low depressive symptoms.” Children were categorized as stepchild in household, biological child from previous relationship in household, or new child with partner. Data were analyzed using logistic regression with odds ratios. Results: Respondents tended to experience less depressive symptoms during their new relationship than previously during divorce. Also, compared to the continuously divorced, cohabiting and remarried respondents had approximately 38% lower odds of high depressive symptoms (p < .05). Those who had a new child with their new partner while a stepchild was already present in the home were 4.614 times more likely to have high depressive symptoms than those without children (p < .01). Respondents who had a new child in the first year of their new relationship had a very low likelihood of depressive symptoms; however, the odds increased by 10.4% for each year they waited to have a new child together.
	Bibliography Citation Pace, Garrett T. and Kevin M. Shafer. "Divorce, Cohabitation and Remarriage: The Association of (Step)Children and Adult Depression." Presented: San Diego CA, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, January 2013.

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