Parental divorce and the well-being of children: A meta-analysis.

Amato, Paul R.; Keith, Bruce

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“…The family conflict perspective states that children's adjustment and well-being is negatively influenced by higher levels of interparental conflict and stress (Amato & Keith, 1991). According to Jenkins et al (2005) and Cowan and Cowan (2002) interparental conflicts are related to behavioral problems.…”

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“…Fourth, we aimed to investigate the relationship between behavioral problems and marital stress and conflict. From the family conflict perspective (Amato & Keith, 1991), we hypothesized that in addition to maladaptive personality, higher scores on stress and conflict in the marital relationship would be associated with more behavioral problems (e.g., Cowan & Cowan, 2002;Jenkins et al, 2005).…”

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Behavioral problems in children with motor and intellectual disabilities: Prevalence and associations with maladaptive personality and marital relationship

Vrijmoeth

Monbaliu

Lagast³

et al. 2012

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Behavioral problems in children with motor and intellectual disabilities: Prevalence and associations with maladaptive personality and marital relationship

Vrijmoeth

Monbaliu

Lagast³

et al. 2012

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…NIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript developmental outcomes than are children whose parents do not divorce (for review, see Amato, 2001;Amato & Keith, 1991;Cherlin, 1999).…”

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Trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and grades for children who have and have not experienced their parents' divorce or separation.

Lansford¹,

Malone²,

Castellino³

et al. 2006

Journal of Family Psychology

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This study examined whether the occurrence and timing of parental separation or divorce was related to trajectories of academic grades and mother-and teacher-reported internalizing and externalizing problems. The authors used hierarchical linear models to estimate trajectories for children who did and did not experience their parents' divorce or separation in kindergarten through 10th grade (N = 194). A novel approach to analyzing the timing of divorce/separation was adopted, and trajectories were estimated from 1 year prior to the divorce/separation to 3 years after the event. Results suggest that early parental divorce/separation is more negatively related to trajectories of internalizing and externalizing problems than is later divorce/separation, whereas later divorce/separation is more negatively related to grades. One implication of these findings is that children may benefit most from interventions focused on preventing internalizing and externalizing problems, whereas adolescents may benefit most from interventions focused on promoting academic achievement. Keywordsdivorce; family structure; child adjustment; developmental trajectories; behavior problems Parents, clinicians, and policy makers alike are concerned about how experiencing divorce affects children's adjustment. Although the research literature includes sometimes contradictory findings regarding whether and how divorce affects children's adjustment, there is some consensus that children whose parents divorce are at higher risk for a variety of negative Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Jennifer E. Lansford, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Box 90545, Durham, NC 27708-0545. lansford@duke.edu. NIH Public Access NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript developmental outcomes than are children whose parents do not divorce (for review, see Amato, 2001;Amato & Keith, 1991;Cherlin, 1999).In the literature, there have been two main ways of approaching the examination of children's well-being in relation to parental divorce. The first approach, using either cross-sectional or longitudinal data, has been to examine children's well-being at discrete points in time (e.g., Emery, Waldron, Kitzmann, & Aaron, 1999;Zill, Morrison, & Coiro, 1993). The second approach, which requires several waves of longitudinal data, has been to examine trajectories of well-being over time (Cherlin, Chase-Lansdale, & McRae, 1998;Malone et al., 2004). The first approach has been much more common, even when longitudinal data are available. To adopt the second approach, it is necessary to have data on children's adjustment measured consistently at multiple points in time.There are several reasons to believe that the timing of divorce will be systematically associated with individual differences in children's trajectories of adjustment (e.g., Hetherington & Clingempeel, 1992). Conceptually, it may be that the farther along a given trajectory one is when the divorce occurs, the less likely i...

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“…Parental separation/divorce may affect suicidality through several pathways. Children in families which experience parental separation/divorce are more likely to display problematic behaviours, adjustment problems (Amato and Keith, 1991), psychological disorders, substance use disorders (Barrett and Turner, 2006;Lansford et al, 2006) and subsequent adult adjustment problems (Rutter et al, 2006).…”

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Parental separation in childhood, social capital, and suicide thoughts and suicide attempts: A population-based study

Lindström

2015

Psychiatry Research

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Parental separation in childhood, social capital, and suicide thoughts and suicide attempts: A population-based study.Lindström, Martin; Rosvall, Maria General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.• Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research.• You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal

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Parental divorce and the well-being of children: A meta-analysis.

Cited by 1,654 publications

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Behavioral problems in children with motor and intellectual disabilities: Prevalence and associations with maladaptive personality and marital relationship

Behavioral problems in children with motor and intellectual disabilities: Prevalence and associations with maladaptive personality and marital relationship

Trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and grades for children who have and have not experienced their parents' divorce or separation.

Parental separation in childhood, social capital, and suicide thoughts and suicide attempts: A population-based study

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