Examining Children’s Problem Behaviors and Mothers’ Dating for Mothers’ Depressive Symptoms Following Divorce

DeAnda, Jacqueline S.; Langlais, Michael R.; Anderson, Edward G.; Greene, Shannon M.

doi:10.1007/s10826-021-02029-8

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“…While developing a harmonious relationship with the mother's post divorce dating partner positively affects the child's development, termination of the partnership relationship may lead to an increase in internalizing and externalizing behaviors and stress levels in children (Langlais et al, 2018). In addition, symptoms of depression, low self-perception, parent-child conflicts are known to be the most common reactions of children to the mother's dating relationships after divorce (DeAnda et al , 2021).…”

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Evaluation Of New Problems Arising In The Process Of Family Transformation From A Social Work Perspective

Yilmaz

ÖZMEN²

2023

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In this study, the transformation of the traditional family in the historical process, the change in production-consumption models and the loss of the family's role-function in the historical process are discussed and possible solutions for supporting the family institution from a social work perspective are identified. It is seen that the functions of the family in areas such as health, security and education, which have continued throughout history, have weakened considerably today. This situation can be attributed to the fact that marriages, which are largely established with body-oriented, egocentric human elements, have become sustainable to the extent of mutual physical/psychological satisfaction of the couples. Thus, the formation of single-parent family forms due to increasing divorces, the increase in children growing up without the protection of mother and/or father, and the psychosocial and financial crises of divorced individuals have become a threat to the sustainable healthy social structure. In relation to these results, the perspective of social work is to support and strengthen the family institution and to prevent social problems that may arise from broken families. In the research, the transformation of the family in the historical process was examined with the documentation technique, one of the qualitative research methods, and the social problems caused by this transformation were described based on the results of the researches conducted on this subject. In the solution of the problems identified, solution suggestions were developed from the perspective of social work.

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Evaluation Of New Problems Arising In The Process Of Family Transformation From A Social Work Perspective

Yilmaz

ÖZMEN²

2023

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“…If children bond with a parent's new dating partners, serial dating relationships may feel like additional losses and greater instability. This may aggravate the possible negative effects of divorce on children's well‐being and adjustment, such as internalizing and externalizing behavior problems (DeAnda et al, 2021; Langlais et al, 2018) and social competence (Montgomery et al, 1992). Serial dating also may be related to mothers' lower sense of well‐being (DeAnda et al, 2021).…”

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“…This may aggravate the possible negative effects of divorce on children's well‐being and adjustment, such as internalizing and externalizing behavior problems (DeAnda et al, 2021; Langlais et al, 2018) and social competence (Montgomery et al, 1992). Serial dating also may be related to mothers' lower sense of well‐being (DeAnda et al, 2021). Some parents are aware of the risks of dating for themselves and their children, leading to different approaches to dating after divorce that are designed to help mitigate potentially negative effects (Anderson & Greene, 2011).…”

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Divorced parents' perceived benefits and risks of dating and sharing of dating information

Kang

Ganong

2022

Family Relations

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ObjectiveIn this study we explored the associations among divorced parents' perceptions of the benefits and risks of dating and parents' sharing of private information about dating, specifically information related to the timing of introducing dating partners to children and coparents and disclosures to children about dating activities.BackgroundRelatively little is known about how divorced parents decide how open they should be about disclosing information about dating partners.MethodA convenience sample comprised 284 divorced mothers and 117 divorced fathers recruited following a state‐mandated divorce education program. Participants completed an online survey. Data were analyzed with regression analyses.ResultsWhen parents perceive the dating partner as a benefit in coparenting their children, they are more likely to think that dating partners should be introduced earlier to children and that more information about dating relationships should be shared with children. Concerns about other's perceptions were related to later introductions between dating partners and children.ConclusionSome of the divorced parents' perceptions of possible dating benefits and risks are related to introducing a new partner and sharing dating information with children.ImplicationsFamily practitioners could help divorced parents evaluate both how to approach introduction of dating parents, as well as dating partners' potential to assist them in childrearing if the relationship becomes serious or long term. More research is needed on what goes into parental decisions to disclose information about dating to children.

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