Psychological and Biological Processes in Children Associated with High Conflict Parental Divorce

Davidson, Ryan D.; O’Hara, Karey L.; Beck, Connie J. A.

doi:10.1111/jfcj.12015

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“…With respect to ongoing interparental conflict, research has consistently shown that exposure to hostility and blocked communication between divorced parents is a major stressor leading to negative outcomes among children (Davidson, O'Hara, & Beck, 2014;Kalmijn, 2016). Conflicts between parents can also entangle grandparents and impede grandparent-grandchild relationships, especially those on the side of a non-residential parent (Westphal, Poortman & van der Lippe, 2015).…”

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Relationships with Grandparents and Grandchildren’s Well-being after Parental Divorce

Jappens

Bavel

2019

European Sociological Review

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Grandparents are often considered as providing important resources in times of family crisis. Little is known, however, about the influence of grandparents on the well-being of grandchildren after parental divorce. This article investigates the association between the quality of relationships with grandparents and grandchildren’s subjective well-being. Using data from the study ‘Divorce in Flanders’, the authors compare 567 grandchildren with divorced and 238 with married parents regarding four indicators of subjective well-being (life satisfaction, self-esteem, mastery, and depressive feelings) and also examine variation within the group with divorced parents. Results show that the strength of grandchild–grandparent relationships is positively associated with grandchildren’s subjective well-being and that having a very good relationship with a grandparent matters even more for grandchildren whose parents have divorced. Moreover, grandchildren who experience frequent conflicts between divorced parents seem to benefit most from close grandparent relationships.

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Section: Variations Within the Group Of Grandchildren With Divorced Parentsmentioning

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Relationships with Grandparents and Grandchildren’s Well-being after Parental Divorce

Jappens

Bavel

2019

European Sociological Review

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“…It has been proposed that ACEs may promote vulnerability to sleep problems through alteration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis resulting from epigenetic changes that occur after continued activation of stress response systems. 16,17 These biological changes are thought to increase vulnerability to stress-related hyper-arousal and insomnia.…”

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Sleep quality and perceived health in college undergraduates with adverse childhood experiences

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Background: Research demonstrates that poor sleep quality is a predictor of chronic mental and physical health problems. The link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and poor health outcomes is also well-established; however, few studies have examined the relationships between ACEs, sleep quality, and physical and mental health. Methods:The current study employed structural equation modeling to assess the direct and indirect relationships between ACEs, sleep quality, symptoms of depression and anxiety, and general health perception in a sample of college undergraduates (N = 399), a group of individuals whose age is notable for only recently transitioning out of childhood.Results: Indirect (i.e., mediation) effects indicated with 95% confidence that sleep quality mediated the relationship between ACEs and general health perception, depressive symptoms, and symptoms of anxiety. Sleep quality did not account for the entire relationship between ACE score and these health outcomes, indicating partial mediation. When reversing the mediator and outcome variables, depression and anxiety fully mediated the relationship between ACE score and sleep quality.

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“…These findings clearly support the idea of resilience helps children to develop more efficient coping strategies in the process toward higher psychological well-being after overcoming trauma caused by certain marital dissolution-related adversity such as less parental care, more emotional and physical abuse, more emotional neglect, more loneliness, chronic stress, and attachment avoidance and anxiety (Hornor, 2015;Schaan et al, 2019). As adolescents with a high level of resilience are able to adopt effective coping strategies, it will facilitate post-traumatic growth through insight, rumination and self-reflection which would result in a higher level of psychological well-being and reduce the negative consequences following the marital dissolution of their parents (Davidson et al, 2014;Harrington & Loffredo, 2010;Tedeschi & Calhoun, 2004).…”

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“…Furthermore, Schaan et al (2019) illustrated that children and adolescents coming from divorced families might face less parental care, more emotional and physical abuse, more emotional neglect, more loneliness, chronic stress, attachment avoidance, and anxiety. As a consequence, children in the development process to young adults (including adolescence) might experience reduced well-being, resilience, and increased levels of childhood trauma and rejection sensitivity, caused by psychological maladjustment and biological stress response system (in hypothalamicpituitary-adrenocortical axis and the sympathetic nervous system) (Davidson et al, 2014). As mentioned earlier, resilience plays an important role in the healing process from the traumatic experience.…”

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Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents Experiencing Parents’ Marital Dissolution

Wijaya

Widyorini

Primastuti

et al. 2021

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The marital dissolution as a traumatic event for children and adolescents might yield different outcomes for each adolescent. Previous studies suggested that adolescents who have high resilience tend to experience positive changes / post- traumatic growth following traumatic events, which results in higher well-being. Hence, it is necessary to conduct research about resilience and post-traumatic growth as predictors of psychological well-being among adolescents who have been through their parents’ marital dissolution. The recent study aims to investigate the relations among those variables. A total of 56 participants (mean age: 15.27; 66.1% female) who lived in Semarang completed three measurements. Correlational, t-test, and path analysis were applied. The result suggests that both resilience and post-traumatic growth significantly and positively correlated toward psychological well-being. Furthermore, post-traumatic growth was found to have a significant partial mediating effect on the relationship between resilience and psychological well-being. These findings suggest that though promoting resilience could improve the psychological well-being of adolescents who have been through their parents’ marital dissolution, clinicians need to ensure that adolescents experience post-traumatic growth through cognitive therapy or counseling sessions to achieve better psychological well-being.

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Psychological and Biological Processes in Children Associated with High Conflict Parental Divorce

Cited by 21 publications

References 69 publications

Relationships with Grandparents and Grandchildren’s Well-being after Parental Divorce

Relationships with Grandparents and Grandchildren’s Well-being after Parental Divorce

Sleep quality and perceived health in college undergraduates with adverse childhood experiences

Resilience, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Psychological Well-Being Among Adolescents Experiencing Parents’ Marital Dissolution

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