Overall, we find that the family type itself and parental role model variables are the most important factors in explaining externalising behaviour among adolescents.
In a future research project we hope to examine the family structures in which children live following parental divorce in much greater detail, taking into account differences in custody arrangements, family configurations (presence and number of stepparents and step/halfsiblings),
sex of the residential parent(s), and time spent within the current family situation.
Also the distinction between the dissolution of marital and non-marital parental unions and union
dissolutions deserves further attention.