Divorce and Family Structure in Norway: Associations With Adolescent Mental Health

Divorce and adolescent academic achievement: Heterogeneity in the associations by parental education

“…The present study focused on the distinction between divorced and nondivorced families, whereas an investigation of other family structures or arrangements (e.g., single father families, stepfamilies, joint physical custody) were outside the scope of this study. Adolescents' mental health and school engagement are found to vary across family structures [67][68][69]. It would be interesting for future studies to conduct a more detailed investigation of whether heterogeneous outcomes of divorce by parental education also depend on the post-divorce family structure.…”

The Influence of Left-Behind Experience on College Students’ Mental Health: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study

“…LBC, compared with children who do not have left-behind experience, due to the special growth environment during the life process, their character would be affected or changed under the pressure in the special environment. Many studies have reported that, compared with a single-parent family or the absence of both parents, both parents' company is more conducive to children's growth and development [5], and parental absence has a detrimental impact on the emotional and behavioral functioning of children [6][7][8][9]. Physical inaccessibility and lack of communication tends to disrupt parent-child attachment, leading most LBC to live in a situation lacking parental care, support, guidance and communication, which may have many negative emotional impacts on the children [10][11][12][13].…”

Categorizations of structure living arrangements of adolescents after parental separation

“…Data originated essentially from cross-sectional studies (20 articles) (Aasen Nilsen, Breivik, Wold, & Bøe, 2017;Bergström et al, 2013;Bergström et al, 2015;Bergström, Fransson, Hjern, Köhler, & Wallby, 2014;Bjarnason et al, 2012;Brolin Låftman, Bergström, Modin, & Östberg, 2014;Carlsund, Eriksson, Löfstedt, & Sellström, 2013;Fransson, Folkesson, Bergström, Östberg, & Lindfors, 2014;Fransson, Låftman, Östberg, Hjern, & Bergström, 2017;Hagquist, 2016;Jablonska & Lindberg, 2007;Neoh & Mellor, 2010;Spruijt & Duindam, 2009;Turunen et al, 2017;Turunen, 2017;Vanassche, Sodermans, Matthijs, & Swicegood, 2014;Wadsby, Priebe, & Svedin, 2014) and from cohort studies (two articles) (Breivik & Olweus, 2006;Dissing, Dich, Andersen, Lund, & Rod, 2017). Amongst the chosen articles, 12 relied on data collected by surveys at school (Aasen Nilsen et al, 2017;Bergström et al, 2013;Bergström et al, 2015;Bjarnason et al, 2012Bjarnason et al, , 2012Brolin Låftman et al, 2014;Carlsund, Eriksson, Löfstedt et al, 2013;Fransson et al, 2014;Hagquist, 2016;Spruijt & Duindam, 2009;Vanassche et al, 2014); 5 articles were by authors mainly studying the association between parental separation and health and well-being (Neoh & Mellor, 2010;Spruijt & Duindam, 2009;Vanassche et al, 2014); and 17 were based on general health surveys …”

“…Authors differed likewise in the inclusion or exclusion of adolescents living together with both parents. This group was included in the majority of selected articles (18/22) and served as the reference category for all cases (Aasen Nilsen et al, 2017;Bergström et al, 2013;Bergström et al, 2014;Bergström et al, 2015;Bjarnason et al, 2012;Breivik & Olweus, 2006;Brolin Låftman et al, 2014;Carlsund, Eriksson, Löfstedt et al, 2013;Dissing et al, 2017;Fransson et al, 2014;Fransson et al, 2017;Hagquist, 2016;Jablonska & Lindberg, 2007;Neoh & Mellor, 2010;Spruijt & Duindam, 2009;Turunen et al, 2017;Wadsby et al, 2014). When adolescents living with both parents were included in the analyses, some results could be highlighted: Adolescents who did not live in joint physical custody reported lower health and wellbeing and more unfavourable health behaviours than adolescents living together with both parents (Bergström et al, 2013;Bergström et al, 2014;Bergström et al, 2015;Bjarnason et al, 2012;Breivik & Olweus, 2006;Brolin Låftman et al, 2014;Carlsund, Eriksson, Löfstedt et al, 2013;Dissing et al, 2017;Fransson et al, 2017;Hagquist, 2016;Neoh & Mellor, 2010;Wadsby et al, 2014).…”

“…In some articles, adolescents in joint physical custody were in an intermediary position: they were more likely to report lower health and wellbeing and more unfavourable health behaviours than those living with both parents, but were in a more favourable position than adolescents in other living arrangements after parental separation (Bergström et al, 2013;Bergström et al, 2014;Bergström et al, 2015;Brolin Låftman et al, 2014;Fransson et al, 2017;Neoh & Mellor, 2010). In other cases, there was no statistically significant difference between adolescents in joint physical custody and those living with both parents (Aasen Nilsen et al, 2017;Breivik & Olweus, 2006;Neoh & Mellor, 2010). Similarly, no difference was found in other studies between adolescents in joint physical custody and those in other living arrangements after parental separation compared to adolescents living with both parents (Carlsund, Eriksson, Löfstedt et al, 2013;Fransson et al, 2017;Hagquist, 2016).…”