Gemeinsame Elternschaft in Trennungsfamilien: Das Wechselmodell

Steinbach, Anja; Helms, Tobias

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-19416-1_62-1

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“…Unlike legislators in other Western countries, the German government has not passed any laws or adopted any policies that would encourage parents to opt for JPC or courts to order families to practice JPC (Steinbach & Helms, 2020). In addition, for a court to order parents to practice JPC it must usually be demonstrated that this care arrangement is in the best interest of the child; that is, it must be shown that JPC is more advantageous for the child than SPC (Helms & Schneider, 2020).…”

Section: Joint Physical Custody In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-separation Care Arrangements and Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Can the Quality of Co-parenting and Frequency of Interparental Conflict Explain the Relationship?

Augustijn

2023

J Happiness Stud

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Although growing numbers of parents share the physical custody of their children after family dissolution, empirical studies on the mechanisms through which post-separation care arrangements may affect parental well-being remain scarce. To fill this lacuna, the present study not only investigated the relationship between post-separation care arrangements and the life satisfaction of resident parents, but also whether the quality of co-parenting and the frequency of interparental conflict—two stressors associated with family dissolution—could explain this relationship. Based on data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) study, structural equation models were estimated for an analytical sample of 1104 resident parents practicing either sole physical custody (SPC) or joint physical custody (JPC). The findings showed that parents with JPC experienced, on average, more life satisfaction than their counterparts with SPC. However, after considering the quality of co-parenting and the frequency of interparental conflict, the study found that the direct relationship between post-separation care arrangements and life satisfaction was no longer significant. Instead, practicing JPC was significantly related to both better co-parenting and fewer interparental conflicts, while the latter two factors were positively related to life satisfaction. In sum, this study showed that framework conditions, specifically elements of the interparental relationship, are more important factors to consider when investigating parents’ post-separation well-being than the type of care arrangement practiced. However, the role of selection processes in explaining these associations remains uncertain, including the question of whether practicing JPC actually enhances the quality of the interparental relationship.

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Section: Joint Physical Custody In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%

Post-separation Care Arrangements and Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Can the Quality of Co-parenting and Frequency of Interparental Conflict Explain the Relationship?

Augustijn

2023

J Happiness Stud

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“…As a result, joint legal custody has become the default model when parents separate or divorce, and is seen as an important step in terms of parental equality, as it allows the non-residential parent to be involved in making important decisions concerning his or her child, including decisions about the child's place of residence, the choice of the child's school or kindergarten, and the child's medical treatments that go beyond routine treatments (Geisler et al 2018). However, despite this trend towards the 1 3 modernisation of legal custody, in terms of physical custody, sole physical custody is still the norm in Germany, and is thus the default model when parents go to court over the physical custody of their children (Steinbach and Helms 2020). A court can order joint physical custody under exceptional circumstances only, and when it is ordered, it must be proven that joint physical custody is in the best interests of the child, and more advantageous than other physical custody arrangements (Helms and Schneider 2020).…”

Section: The German Contextmentioning

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“…A court can order joint physical custody under exceptional circumstances only, and when it is ordered, it must be proven that joint physical custody is in the best interests of the child, and more advantageous than other physical custody arrangements (Helms and Schneider 2020). Thus, unlike in other Western countries, there are no laws or policies in Germany that would encourage parents or courts to choose a joint physical custody arrangement (Steinbach and Helms 2020).…”

Section: The German Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Children’s Experiences of Stress in Joint Physical Custody

Augustijn

2021

Child Youth Care Forum

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Background Joint physical custody is a parental care arrangement in which children live roughly an equal amount of time with each parent after family dissolution, residing alternately in each of the two parental households. Because joint physical custody is characterised by fathers’ continued involvement in their children’s lives, this care arrangement is believed to compensate for the negative effects of family dissolution, and to contribute to children’s well-being in post-separation families. Objective This study aims to investigate potential differences in the experiences of stress of children living in joint physical custody and sole physical custody arrangements, while considering both the proportion of time the children spend with each of their parents and the number of transitions the children make between the parental households. Methods Based on data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) study, a national convenience sample, linear regression models were estimated for 297 children between the ages of 11 and 14. Results The statistical analysis suggests that there was no significant association between the physical custody type (sole physical custody vs. joint physical custody) and the children’s levels of stress. In addition, the results revealed that children’s experiences of stress did not depend on how often they moved between their parents’ households. Conclusions This study does not corroborate the assumption that joint physical custody has a protective effect on children, but instead suggests that different physical custody arrangements are associated with different stressors that lead to similar levels of stress in children living in different post-separation families.

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The post-separation well-being of children and parents. What roles do physical custody arrangements and stepparents play?

Augustijn

2022

Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

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Gemeinsame Elternschaft in Trennungsfamilien: Das Wechselmodell

Cited by 3 publications

References 58 publications

Post-separation Care Arrangements and Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Can the Quality of Co-parenting and Frequency of Interparental Conflict Explain the Relationship?

Post-separation Care Arrangements and Parents’ Life Satisfaction: Can the Quality of Co-parenting and Frequency of Interparental Conflict Explain the Relationship?

Children’s Experiences of Stress in Joint Physical Custody

The post-separation well-being of children and parents. What roles do physical custody arrangements and stepparents play?

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