title: The influence of family stability on self-control and adjustment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to replicate previous evidence for a model in which self-control mediates the relationship between family stability and internalizing symptoms, and to evaluate a similar model with regard to externalizing problems.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 155 female and 134 male undergraduates--mean age of 19.03 years. Participants completed measures of stability in the family of origin (Stability of Activities in the Family Environment), self-control (Self-Control scale), current externalizing (Adult Self-Report), and internalizing problems (Beck Depression Inventory II and Beck Anxiety Inventory).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multiple regression analyses largely support the proposed model for both the externalizing and internalizing domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family stability may foster the development of self-control and, in turn, lead to positive adjustment.
authors.affiliation: University at Albany, State University of New York, USA. jmalatras@albany.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer Weil
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Malatras
authors.forename: Allen C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Israel
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D019260:Expressed Emotion; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009511:New England; D009679:Nuclear Family / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D055815:Young Adult