Children of Divorce in the 1990s

Shared Parenting After Divorce: A Review of Shared Residential Parenting Research

“…In yet another survey involving nearly 1,200 undergraduates, nearly half of whom were Hispanic American, 75% still hungered for a closer relationship with their father (Finley & Schwartz, 2007). These recent findings are not particularly surprising given that a meta-analysis of research from the 1990s found that most children's relationships with their fathers worsened or ended altogether after their parents' divorce (Reifman, 2001). It would be illogical and unreasonable to suggest that the damage to these father-child relationships is due solely to the fact that the children live with their mother.…”

Parental Divorce: A Protection from Later Delinquency for Maltreated Children

“…In previous research that has identified a link between poor family functioning and delinquency, broken homes (including divorce) have been widely studied as a cause of later juvenile delinquency adjudication (Amato & Keith, 1991;Patterson, Reid, & Dishon, 1992;Price & Kunz, 2003;Rebellon, 2002;Reifman, Villa, Amans, Rethinam, & Telesca, 2001;Wells & Rankin, 1991). However, there is still not a consensus as to the impact these family changes have on delinquency rates (Degarmo & Forgatch, 2005;Heck & Walsh, 2000), although three out of four youth in state correctional facilities experienced a parental divorce, separation, or their parents never marrying (Price & Kunz, 2003).…”

Socialization of Children’s Recall and Use of Strategies for Coping with Interparental Conflict

“…Children of divorce are more at risk for adjustment problems than children from intact families (Reifman et al 2001), especially when there is ongoing postdivorce interparental conflict (Amato 2000;Cummings and Davies 2002). Unlike other stressors, in postdivorce conflict events it is the parents themselves who are the source of the stress for children.…”