Children’s Adaptation to Divorce

Coping Strategies and Psychological Maladjustment/Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Approach with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Natural Disasters

“…In line with previous meta-analyses on the efficacy of coping strategies (Clarke, 2006;Cofini et al, 2015;Compas et al, 2001;Fields & Prinz, 1997;Grych & Fincham, 1997), along with studies on the relation between coping strategies and psychological consequences of disasters (Bokszczanin, 2012;Papadatou et al, 2012;Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009;Stratta et al, 2013;Tang et al, 2014;Terranova et al, 2009;Wang & Gan, 2011), taking into account Zimmer-Gembeck and Skinner's classification (2011), we hypothesized that after natural disasters: (1) children and adolescents' use of strategies such as helplessness, escape, delegation, social isolation, submission, and opposition is related to maladjustment (Hypothesis 1); and (2) children and adolescents' use of problem solving, information seeking, self-reliance, social support (including both seeking and giving), accommodation, and negotiation is related to adjustment (Hypothesis 2). In brief, we examined the efficacy of 12 types of families of coping strategies on measures of maladjustment and adjustment separately by conducting two meta-analyses.…”

“…A meta-analysis focused on the violence that women suffer from their partners revealed that escape as a type of strategy, seems to facilitate the maintenance of the disorder, and is positively related to PTSD symptoms. On the other hand, Clarke ( 2006 ) explored the relation between active coping and psychosocial health among youth and confirmed that active coping strategies such as problem solving, assertive communication, and seeking social support are linked to healthy adjustment (Compas et al, 2001 ; Fields & Prinz, 1997 ; Grych & Fincham, 1997 ). However, it is worth noting that the adaptivity of different coping strategies depends on the characteristics of the individuals and of the context.…”

Stressful life events, psychological distress, coping, and parenting of divorced mothers: A longitudinal study.

“…This study helps to clarify the processes leading to desirable and undesirable parenting for divorced mothers. The findings are important because previous studies have demonstrated the critical role of postdivorce parenting in affecting the psychological problems of children (Forgatch, Patterson, & Skinner, 1988; Grych & Fincham, 1997; Wolchik et al, 1993, in press) and the relationship between parents' psychological distress and their parenting (Conger et al, 1992, 1993; Webster-Statton, 1990). The present study provides a further understanding of the linkages among the stressors parents experience following divorce, their psychological distress, their coping strategies, and their parenting behaviors.…”

Comparative Study on Adolescents’ Response to Parents’ Marital Conflict in Japan and China

“…referring to previous studies on children's coping strategies and parents' marital conflicts (Grych et al, 1993;Cummings et al, 1994;Xiao & Li, 2010), it was hypothesized two constructs for "interventional behavior" and "avoidance behavior," and developed 11 items.…”

“…E-mail: guhong15_qiaoxinka@yahoo.co.jp children's psychological adjustment. Grych and Fincham (1993) focused on the framework of children's cognition of parents' marital conflicts, claiming that the cognition of the "conflict properties," "threat," and "self-blame" is the intermediary mechanism that underlies the association between children's internalizing and externalizing problems and parents' marital conflicts. Davis and Cummings (1994) have proposed an intermediary mechanism in which children's psychological adjustment is influenced by parents' marital conflicts through the threats on that child's or the family' s emotional security.…”