The association between joint physical custody and children’s mental health. Do children’s experiences of parental loyalty conflicts moderate the relationship?

Augustijn, Lara

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“…A cross-sectional, large-scale, nationally representative Dutch study revealed similar findings (Kalmijn 2016): conflicts between the separated parents were associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms among children (particularly boys) when there was frequent contact with the father. Similarly, a German cross-sectional study showed that high levels of interparental conflict (Augustijn 2021b), or children's entrapment in loyalty conflicts (Augustijn 2021c), was related to similarly high problem scores on the SDQ among SPC children and those in the sole care model. Positive associations between SPC and child well-being were only found when parents displayed low levels of parental conflict (Augustijn 2021b) or if there were no loyalty conflicts (Augustijn 2021c).…”

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“…Similarly, a German cross-sectional study showed that high levels of interparental conflict (Augustijn 2021b), or children's entrapment in loyalty conflicts (Augustijn 2021c), was related to similarly high problem scores on the SDQ among SPC children and those in the sole care model. Positive associations between SPC and child well-being were only found when parents displayed low levels of parental conflict (Augustijn 2021b) or if there were no loyalty conflicts (Augustijn 2021c). A review of 11 studies also indicated that SPC was associated with poor child development in highly conflictual families (Mahrer et al 2018).…”

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Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements in Germany: Examining Sociodemographic Correlates, Parental Coparenting, and Child Adjustment

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Most children continue to live with their mother after a divorce or separation, yet paternal involvement in post-separation families has increased substantially in many Western nations. This shift has contributed to a growing share and more diverse set of post-separation parents opting for shared physical custody (SPC), which typically means that children alternate between the parental residences for substantive amounts of time. Profiling the case of Germany, where no legal regulations facilitating SPC are implemented to date, we examine the prevalence of SPC families, sociodemographic correlates of SPC, and its associations with parental coparenting and child adjustment. Using representative survey data sampled in 2019 (N = 800 minors of 509 separated parents), results revealed that only 6–8% of children practiced SPC. SPC parents were more likely to hold tertiary levels of schooling and to report a better coparenting relationship with the other parent. There was no link between SPC and child adjustment, yet conflictual coparenting was linked to higher levels of hyperactivity among SPC children. We conclude that the social selection into SPC and linkages between conflictual coparenting and hyperactivity among SPC children likely stem from the higher costs and the constant level of communication between the ex-partners that SPC requires.

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Section: Spc and Child Adjustment In The Case Of A Conflictual Parent...mentioning

confidence: 91%

Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements in Germany: Examining Sociodemographic Correlates, Parental Coparenting, and Child Adjustment

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“…Likewise, also based on the data derived from the FAMOD study (i.e., 284 children aged 11 to 14), Augustijn ( 2021b ) found that children’s experiences of parental loyalty conflict behaviours moderated the association between custodial arrangements (i.e., joint versus sole) and children’s mental health problems. Specifically, in the condition of low parental loyalty conflict behaviours, children in joint physical custody exhibited significantly less mental health problems than did those in sole physical custody, whereas in the condition of high parental loyalty conflict behaviours, there was no significant difference between the two groups in mental health problems.…”

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The Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model: The Shaping Role of Predivorce and Postdivorce Interparental Conflict

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Zhou

2022

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Divorce has been conceptualized as a process. Research has extensively demonstrated that it is pre/postdivorce family environment factors that primarily account for the variability in children's adaptation over parental divorce process rather than the legal divorce per se. Amongst various factors, interparental conflict has been consistently identified as a prominent one. Surprisingly, a single source is still lacking that comprehensively synthesizes the extant findings. This review fills this gap by integrating the numerous findings across studies into a more coherent Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model to illustrate that pre/postdivorce interparental conflict plays crucial roles in shaping child adaptation trajectories across parental divorce process. This review also summarizes the mechanisms (e.g., child cognitive and emotional processes, coparenting, parent-child relations) via which pre/postdivorce interparental conflict determines these trajectories and the factors (e.g., child gender and age, child coping, grandparental support) that interact with pre/postdivorce interparental conflict to further complicate these trajectories. In addition, echoing the call of moving beyond the monolithic conceptualization of pre/postdivorce interparental conflict, we also review studies on the differential implications of different aspects (e.g., frequency versus intensity) and types (e.g., overt versus covert) of interparental conflict for child adjustment. Last, limitations of prior studies and avenues for future research are discussed. The proposed framework may serve as a common knowledge base for researchers to compare/interpret results, detect cutting edges of the fields, and design new studies. The specificity, complexity, nuance, and diversity inherent within our proposed model await to be more fully revealed.

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Physical custody arrangements and fathers’ post-separation well-being

Augustijn

2022

Journal of Family Studies

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The association between joint physical custody and children’s mental health. Do children’s experiences of parental loyalty conflicts moderate the relationship?

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creat ive Commo ns Attri butio n-NonCo mmerc ial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

Cited by 5 publications

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Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements in Germany: Examining Sociodemographic Correlates, Parental Coparenting, and Child Adjustment

Post-Separation Physical Custody Arrangements in Germany: Examining Sociodemographic Correlates, Parental Coparenting, and Child Adjustment

The Divorce Process and Child Adaptation Trajectory Typology (DPCATT) Model: The Shaping Role of Predivorce and Postdivorce Interparental Conflict

Physical custody arrangements and fathers’ post-separation well-being

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