En el presente trabajo se ha evaluado el nivel de ansiedad en dos grupos de niños pertenecientes a familias divorciadas (96) e intactas (97). La ansiedad se ha medido por medio de la adaptación al castellano del State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children´s Spanish (STAIC). La percepción que tiene el niño sobre el divorcio se ha…

I use a divorce-stress-adjustment perspective to summarize and organize the empirical literature on the consequences of divorce for adults and children. My review draws on research in the 1990s to answer five questions: How do individuals from married and divorced families differ in well-being? Are these differences due to divorce or to selection? Do these…

The present study updates the P. R. Amato and B. Keith (1991) meta-analysis of children and divorce with a new analysis of 67 studies published in the 1990s. Compared with children with continuously married parents, children with divorced parents continued to score significantly lower on measures of academic achievement, conduct, psychological adjustment, self-concept, a…

The author meta-analyzed studies comparing child adjustment in joint physical or joint legal custody with sole-custody settings, including comparisons with paternal custody and intact families where possible. Children in joint physical or legal custody were better adjusted than children in sole-custody settings, but no different from those in intact families. More positi…

Los hijos de padres separados o divorciados, como grupo, presentan más problemas de conducta y personales que los que viven en hogares intactos. Sin embargo, las estadísticas ocultan el hecho de que existe una gran variabilidad en la forma en que los niños y los adolescentes responden a la ruptura matrimonial de sus progenitores. La…

The practice of pediatrics is unique among medical specialties in many ways, among which is the nearly certain presence of a parent when health care services are provided for the patient. Regardless of whether parents or other family members are physically present, their influence is pervasive. Families are the most central and enduring influence in…

Los procesos de separación, como evento vital estresante, conlleva a un desajuste general en los miembros de la familia, especialmente en los hijos, al no poseer habilidades cognitivas y conductuales suficientes para afrontar la situación. En este trabajo se comparan los niveles de adaptación entre menores que viven en familias intactas y aquellos que han…

The empirical literature on the longer-term adjustment of children of divorce is reviewed from the perspective of (a) the stressors and elevated risks that divorce presents for children and (b) protective factors associated with better adjustment. The resiliency demonstrated by the majority of children is discussed, as are controversies regarding the adjustment of adult …