Psychosocial adjustment and physical health in children of divorce

To review the literature on the effects of parental divorce over the psychological maladjustment and physical health problems in children of divorced parents, thus contributing to the integration of existing scientific knowledge based on the biopsychosocial model of the impact of divorce on children’s physical health as proposed by Troxel and Matthews (2004). Review of…

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Divorcio conflictivo y consecuencias en los hijos: Implicaciones para las recomendaciones de guarda y custodia

La situación de ruptura familiar es actualmente una realidad cotidiana en nuestro país y frecuentemente requiere de la intervención de los psicólogos tanto desde el ámbito pericial como del clínico. Sin embargo, las publicaciones y estudios específicos sobre la materia aun son escasos en la producción científica española. En la presente revisión se presenta información…

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El impacto del divorcio en la calidad de vida de los niños de 8 a 12 años de edad en la provincia de Alicante

Los objetivos del estudio fueron examinar por primera vez en una muestra española diferencias en la calidad de vida infantil en función de la estructura familiar, y averiguar si la calidad de vida de los niños con padres divorciados difiere en función de la conflictividad interparental después del divorcio. Diseño transversal descriptivo. Participaron 1.025 niños…

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Ajustamento da criança à separação ou divórcio dos pais

O presente artigo procura relacionar e analisar evidências empíricas e teóricas sobre o impacto e os fatores associados ao impacto da separação ou divórcio dos pais no ajustamento da criança. Realizou-se uma revisão agregativa da literatura, recorrendo às palavras-chave “divorce adjustment”, “child divorce” e “divorce impact”, nas bases de dados JSTOR, PsycInfo, SciELO e…

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Pre-divorce problems in 3-year-olds: a prospective study in boys and girls

We examined to what extent internalizing and externalizing problems at age 3 preceded and predicted parental divorce, and if divorce and the time lapse since divorce were related to internalizing and externalizing problems at age 12. Parental ratings of internalizing and externalizing problems were collected with the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) in a large sample…

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Reconsidering the “Good Divorce”

This study attempted to assess the notion that a ‘‘good divorce’’ protects children from the potential negative consequences of marital dissolution. A cluster analysis of data on postdivorce parenting from 944 families resulted in three groups: cooperative coparenting, parallel parenting, and single parenting. Children in the cooperative coparenting (good divorce) cluste…

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Child temperament moderates the impact of parental separation on adolescent mental health: The TRAILS Study

The potential effect of parental separation during early adolescence on adolescent externalizing and internalizing problems was investigated in a longitudinal sample of adolescents (n = 1274; mean age = 16.27; 52.3% girls). Pre-separation mental health problems were controlled for. Building on a large number of studies that overall showed a small effect of parental separ…

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The effects of family type on child mortality

A growing number of children live in single-parent families, which seems to be associated with negative effects on a child’s health. Little is known about the health of children in cohabiting two-parent families that are also increasingly common, and more susceptible to family break-up than married two-parent families. This study seeks to determine if family…

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