Frequency of Contact with Nonresident Fathers and Adolescent Well-Being

Spruijt, Annemarie; Goede, M.P.M. de; Valk, I.E. van der

doi:10.1300/j087v40n03_05

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“…If the effects of conflict are aggravated by having frequent contact with the nonresident parent, greater involvement of fathers, however 'fair' this may seem, may not be wise from the perspective of the child. Such a finding would support proposals that visiting arrangements or co-parenting be made conditional on how successful parents are in working out their struggles (Spruijt, de Goede and Vandervalk, 2004). Our findings may also be used to inform initiatives that try to design visiting arrangements with a father in such a way that a child is not exposed to interparental conflict while maintaining high-quality ties to both parents.…”

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confidence: 57%

“…Reverse causal effects have not been studied for interparental conflict. Unfortunately, national panel data with measures of parental conflict are rare or contain too few children who experience a divorce during the panel (Spruijt, de Goede and Vandervalk, 2004). Because little is known about the specific interaction effect that we study, a new cross-sectional test of the hypothesis is a useful contribution.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Father–Child Contact, Interparental Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms among Children of Divorced Parents

Kalmijn

2016

Eur Sociol Rev

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Contact between children and divorced fathers is often believed to strengthen the negative effect of interparental postdivorce conflict on children's well-being. Although this is a well-known hypothesis, there is surprisingly little evidence for it. This article examines the hypothesis using large-scale nationally representative data on secondary school students in the Netherlands. The hypothesis is tested using interactions of conflict with postdivorce contact and interactions of conflict with co-parenting. We find that children of divorced parents have more depressive symptoms than children of married parents. Interparental conflict after divorce increases children's depressive symptoms, while father-child contact has no effect. There is a significant interaction between interparental conflict and father-child contact: interparental conflict increases depression more when there is more contact between the father and the child. This is only observed for boys and not for girls. For girls, depression is increased when the quality of the tie to the father is poorer. Theoretical explanations are suggested in terms of exposure effects and conflicting loyalties.

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Father–Child Contact, Interparental Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms among Children of Divorced Parents

Kalmijn

2016

Eur Sociol Rev

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“…Thus, the benefit of having two close parent–child relationships in high‐conflict families may even be outweighed by the emotional cost of stress. Several other studies confirmed that it is not the total amount of time spent with the child that is related to better outcomes, but the quality of the parenting (Hagquist, ; Sandler, Wheeler, & Braver, ; Spruijt, de Goede, & Vandervalk, ).…”

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Children's and Parents’ Well‐Being in Joint Physical Custody: A Literature Review

2018

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Joint physical custody (JPC), a parental care arrangement in which a child lives with each parent for at least 25-50% of the time after separation or divorce, is increasingly common in many Western societies. This is a major shift from the standard of sole physical custody, with mostly mothers providing primary childcare after a parental separation or divorce. The increasing share of separated or divorced parents who practice JPC, which in some countries, US states, and regions reaches 30% and more, results from increasing gender equality due to mothers participating considerably in the labor force and fathers being actively involved in their children's daily lives. This review focuses on the effects of JPC on children's and parents' well-being, based on 40 studies from North America, Australia, and Europe published between 2007 and 2018. In sum, there is empirical evidence from different countries that suggests that JPC arrangements can have positive effects on the well-being of children and of parents. However, the existing studies are conceptually, methodologically, and contextually very heterogeneous. In addition, self-selected highly educated parents with a high socio-economic status, a low conflict level, and children between the ages of 6-15 practicing JPC dominate the samples. Thus, the risks and benefits of JPC are not clear yet and are heavily debated by advocates and academics. The review concludes with suggestions for future research.

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“…In addition, children who have contact with their incarcerated parent report less alienation toward that parent than children with no parental contact (Shlafer & Poehlmann, 2010). These findings are reinforced more generally in research on the positive effects of nonresident father contact on child outcomes, where more frequent father-child contact is associated with less delinquent behavior (Coley & Medeiros, 2007), higher academic achievement (Amato & Gilbreth, 1999), and improved mental health (Spruijt, de Goede, & Vandervalk, 2004). Nonresident father contact also has significant indirect effects on adolescent well-being because frequent contact appears to be necessary for responsive fathering and high-quality father-child relationships (King & Sobolewski, 2006).…”

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Associations Between Incarcerated Fathers’ Cumulative Childhood Risk and Contact With Their Children

Galardi

Settersten

Vuchinich

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Journal of Family Issues

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Incarcerated fathers often experience early life risk factors that cumulate over time and are compounded by the negative repercussions of imprisonment. These dynamics may contribute to the intergenerational transmission of risk and help explain the persistent link between paternal incarceration and poor child outcomes. Contact between incarcerated fathers and their children can benefit them both, but there is limited research on the factors that affect father–child contact. Using data from the 2004 Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities and a sample of fathers with at least one minor child (N = 5,809), the authors found that incarcerated fathers who experienced more childhood risk factors had less frequent contact with their children. A variety of inmate characteristics were also significant predictors of father–child contact. Parenting interventions could address incarcerated fathers’ childhood risk experiences, which likely undermine the development and maintenance of family relationships, to help them develop prosocial skills.

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Frequency of Contact with Nonresident Fathers and Adolescent Well-Being

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

Father–Child Contact, Interparental Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms among Children of Divorced Parents

Father–Child Contact, Interparental Conflict, and Depressive Symptoms among Children of Divorced Parents

Children's and Parents’ Well‐Being in Joint Physical Custody: A Literature Review

Associations Between Incarcerated Fathers’ Cumulative Childhood Risk and Contact With Their Children

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