Post-Separation Conflict Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study

Drapeau, Sylvie; Gagné, Marie‐Hélène; Saint‐Jacques, Marie‐Christine; Lépine, Rachel; Ivers, Hans

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“…Parental conflict is a risk factor for negative outcomes in children and can disrupt how families negotiate postdivorce family life and legal resolution to the process (Grych, 2005;Jekielek, 1998). Sometimes conflict is the impetus for divorce (Gigy & Kelly, 1993) or the result of the divorce process; other times, there is little to no conflict (Baum, 2004;Drapeau, Gagne, Saint-Jacques, Lepine, & Ivers, 2009;Gigy & Kelly, 1993). After a divorce, conflict tends to decrease over time, but an estimated 8% to 12% of coparents remain highly conflicted in the years following a divorce (Kelly, 2012).…”

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“…The coparenting alliance is a separate and distinct dyadic construct from the romantic relationship between parents and ideally should continue beyond divorce. However, there is a lot of variation in the quality of the coparenting relationship following divorce: For some, the transition is smooth, and the relationship remains healthy even after the marital relationship has ended; for others, the transition is difficult, but the coparenting relationship improves over time; and for still others, the coparenting relationship remains or becomes conflictual after divorce (Baum, ; Drapeau et al, ).…”

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Positive Parenting and Parental Conflict: Contributions to Resilient Coparenting During Divorce

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Objective To examine the influence of positive parenting and parental conflict on the coparenting alliance. Background Research indicates that child and family outcomes after divorce are affected by the quality of the coparenting relationship between parents, with many divorce education programs focusing on coparenting as a core programmatic component. Less is known about how positive parenting and parental conflict affect the coparenting alliance. Method This study collected online survey data from a convenience sample of divorcing parents (N = 430). Participants completed measures of parenting, parental conflict, and coparenting alliance. Regression and simple slope analyses were performed with parental conflict and positive parenting as predictors of coparenting alliance. Results Positive parenting and parenting conflict both predicted the coparenting alliance. Low levels of conflict predicted high levels of coparenting when positive parenting was high and moderate; however, conflict did not predict alliance when positive parenting was low. Conclusion Parents who engaged in moderate to high positive parenting had the anticipated negative relationship between conflict and coparenting alliance, but this did not hold true for parents who engaged in below average positive parenting, suggesting that both parenting and conflict play a role in a resilient coparenting alliance. Implications Divorcing parents' parenting skills may be important to consider when deciding on prevention and intervention efforts aimed at supporting their coparenting alliance. Therefore, divorce education programs may benefit from incorporating content related to positive parenting and parents with weaker parenting practices may need different types of intervention.

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Positive Parenting and Parental Conflict: Contributions to Resilient Coparenting During Divorce

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“…Breakup distress scale scores reported that sudden and unexpected breakups have made them feel rejected and betrayed and were not willing to start a new relationship. [18]…”

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Prevalence of depression among students of a dental tertiary care center in Kerala

Raghunathan

Ramakrishnan

Valsan

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Indian J Community Med

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Introduction:According to the World Health Organization, more than 300 million people were estimated to suffer from depression in 2017. Many studies have observed that medical personnel have a higher level of depression, but studies among dentists are scarce. Early diagnosis will help in controlling the morbidity and mortality due to depression. Hence, this study was undertaken to estimate the prevalence of depression among students of Government Dental College (GDC), Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the state of Kerala, India.Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted at GDC, Thiruvananthapuram, for a period of 3 months from September to December 2017, using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and a pro forma comprising 37 questions. Students having PHQ scores >9 were considered to have depression. The questionnaire was administered on 364 students comprising undergraduate students, paradental students, house surgeons, and postgraduates. Separate sessions were arranged for each group and four reminders were given.Results:The prevalence of depression was estimated as 26.9% (95% confidence interval: 22.4–31.8). Being married, having high and average level of course satisfaction, and having close friends were found to act as independent protective factors, whereas female gender and breakups in relationships were found to be independent risk factors.Conclusion:It is high time we provide supportive programs and implement preventive measures to help professional students, especially those who are at higher risk of mental ill-health. Further studies need to be conducted to explore the academic reasons for depression.

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“…Although most parents can resolve their differences, it is estimated that 10%–15% of parents have prolonged conflicts 2 years after separation and that 9%–18% remain in high to moderate conflict 6 years after divorce (Hetherington, 2002). Additionally, while the trajectories of most separated co‐parents show a reduction in the level of conflict, a subgroup of high conflict parents is identified by intensified or ongoing chronic conflicts (Drapeau et al, 2009). These divorced couples are often referred to by the level and continuance of the conflict and are considered as being in entrenched, enduring or high conflict (Anderson et al, 2010), or conflicts with interparental hatred (Smyth & Moloney, 2019).…”

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“The troublesome other and I”: Parallel stories of separated parents in prolonged conflicts

Stokkebekk

Iversen

Hollekim

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J Marital Family Therapy

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This qualitative study aims to explore how noncohabiting parenting couples in prolonged conflict construct the other parent and themselves. Ten parents from five parent couples were interviewed. A dyadic analytical design was used, where parent's stories of conflict were analyzed in parallel with their co‐parent. Drawing on positioning theory, self‐identity as parents emerged as implicit counter positions in storylines, which construct the co‐parent as “the troublesome other.” Two typologies of conflicted storylines were prominent in the findings: storylines of violations of trust, positioning the co‐parents in relation to traumatic events in the past and, storylines of who is bad, positioning the co‐parent as either a disloyal co‐parent or a dysfunctional parent. The findings indicate that prolonged conflicts made it impossible to find available positions for cooperation. We argue that family therapists should aid each household toward promoting child and family resilience rather than continued efforts to solve chronic conflicts.

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Post-Separation Conflict Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 23 publications

References 56 publications

Positive Parenting and Parental Conflict: Contributions to Resilient Coparenting During Divorce

Positive Parenting and Parental Conflict: Contributions to Resilient Coparenting During Divorce

Prevalence of depression among students of a dental tertiary care center in Kerala

“The troublesome other and I”: Parallel stories of separated parents in prolonged conflicts

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