Parents’ loneliness in sole and joint physical custody families

Steinbach, Anja; Augustijn, Lara

doi:10.1177/02654075221124123

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Section: Child Custody Arrangementsmentioning

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“…In cases where parents are unable to come to an agreement on child custody arrangements, legal intervention may be required (Elrod, 2006). The nature of child custody arrangements often dictates the amount of time parents will eventually spend with their children, which can also serve to affect parental well‐being (Steinbach & Augustijn, 2023). Custody arrangements that result in one parent shouldering most or all of the parenting responsibilities (often referred to as sole custody) have been found to sometimes reduce parental well‐being, especially in a social sense (van der Heijden et al, 2015).…”

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The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education

Crapo,

Turner,

Higginbotham

et al. 2024

Family Court Review

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The majority of research on the impact of divorce on parents, children, and families focuses on what occurs after the divorce has been finalized. However, data derived from divorce education programs present opportunities for research on the experience of parents during the divorce process. Guided by the divorce‐stress‐adjustment model, this study sought to understand how the divorce process impacts parental well‐being by examining some of the most pressing child‐related concerns divorcing parents have while going through a divorce. Specifically, we looked at how the approach parents took to resolve child‐related issues (i.e., internally, through outside intervention, or unresolved) was related to the perceived fairness of child custody arrangements, parental concerns regarding how divorce impacts children, financial concerns, and their overall well‐being. Perceived fairness of the child custody arrangement, concerns regarding how divorce impacts children, and financial concerns were associated with parental well‐being, and also served as an indirect path through which approaches to resolve child‐related issues impacted parental well‐being. Understanding what parents think and feel during the divorce process, and how those thoughts and feelings are related to the actual steps to getting a divorce, could help inform divorce education typically administered as part of divorce proceedings.

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Section: Child Custody Arrangementsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education

Crapo,

Turner,

Higginbotham

et al. 2024

Family Court Review

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“…Whereas most previous studies have investigated shared residence only in comparison with sole residence, we aim to expand this categorisation by using a four-part approach, operationalised as 1) symmetric shared residence (50/50); 2) asymmetric shared residence (36-49% of the time with one parent); 3) extended sole residence (16-35% of the time with the non-resident parent) and 4) limited sole residence (1-15% of the time with the non-resident parent). This approach is based on categorisations provided by previous studies that differentiate between symmetric shared residence (50/50 arrangement) and asymmetric shared residence (between 30/35-49% with one parent) (Meyer et al, 2017;Steinbach & Augustijn, 2022;Steinbach et al, 2021;Turunen et al, 2021). However, to further differentiate the arrangements, we divided the "sole group" into two groups.…”

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Characteristics of parents living apart in Norway: Comparing four residence arrangements

Morbech

Gustavson

Holt³

2023

JFamRes

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Objective: This study investigates differences in characteristics between parents practicing four different residence arrangements by applying a novel categorisation of residence arrangements. Background: The research field on factors associated with shared and sole physical residence is growing. This binary approach may neglect important differentials within these two groups. Method: The sample included 1007 parents from the FamC-study, recruited from family counselling offices across Norway. Mixed effects multinomial regression analyses were used to estimate the likelihood of practicing four residence arrangements (i.e. symmetric shared, asymmetric shared, extended sole and limited sole residence) based on relevant factors (i.e. number and age of children, time since separation, financial difficulties, employment status, new partners, interparental dynamics and mental health). Results: Parents with more and older children, fewer financial difficulties and who separated more recently had higher likelihood of practising symmetric shared residence. Parents with younger children were more likely to practise asymmetric shared residence. Parents with younger and fewer children and who had been separated for longer had higher likelihood of practising extended sole residence. Lastly, parents with fewer children and who had more financial difficulties were more likely to practise limited sole residence. Conclusion: The current findings reveal differences between four residence arrangements when expanding the traditional division between "shared" and "sole" residence, emphasising the importance of using a nuanced differentiation of residence arrangements.

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Joint Physical Custody and Mothers’ Well-Being. An Analysis of Life Satisfaction, Depressiveness, and Stress

Augustijn

2023

Applied Research Quality Life

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Although research has shown that separation or divorce can have negative consequences for mothers, only a few empirical studies have explored the association between joint physical custody and mothers’ well-being. To close this research gap, this study investigated how child physical custody arrangements (joint physical custody vs. sole physical custody) are related to three dimensions of maternal well-being: life satisfaction, depressiveness, and stress. With data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) survey, OLS regression models were estimated for 996 residential mothers living in post-separation families. The results of the statistical analysis showed that mothers with joint physical custody reported statistically significantly higher levels of life satisfaction as well as lower levels of depressiveness and stress than mothers with sole physical custody. However, when controlling for the mothers’ socio-demographic characteristics and family relationships, the differences between mothers in joint and sole physical custody families disappeared, indicating that mothers’ post-separation well-being cannot be explained by the physical custody arrangement these mothers practiced. Instead, factors like the mother’s partnership status, the mother-child relationship, and the interparental relationship were more strongly related to maternal well-being. When testing interaction effects between the physical custody arrangement and the individual control variables, only one interaction was significant in predicting mothers’ levels of life satisfaction and stress: the interaction between the physical custody arrangement and the age of the child living in this arrangement. This finding suggests that having joint physical custody is only beneficial for mothers with older (i.e., school-aged) children.

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Parents’ loneliness in sole and joint physical custody families

Cited by 5 publications

References 23 publications

The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education

The effects of resolution method of child custody and support plans on parental well‐being during the divorce process: Implications from and for divorce education

Characteristics of parents living apart in Norway: Comparing four residence arrangements

Joint Physical Custody and Mothers’ Well-Being. An Analysis of Life Satisfaction, Depressiveness, and Stress

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