The Effects of Parental Divorce on College Students

Bulduc, Jessica L.; Caron, Sandra L.; Logue, Mary Ellin

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“…For instance, the timely acceptance by a professor after a student fails an exam may help the student by acting as a buffer against academic stress, thereby helping the student maintain his or her well‐being (O'Connor & O'Connor, 2003). Unstable friendships, family issues, and low support from college are indices of low social support that fails to soothe students’ stress at school, in relationships, and so on (Bulduc, Caron, & Logue, 2007; Buote et al, 2007). In order to understand college students, counselors must understand how low social support worsens the association between stress and well‐being.…”

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“…Actually, although no one is immune from daily stress, college students do live with varied social supports (Ben‐Zur, 2009). With various coping strategies, some students can thrive whereas others drop out of school in distress despite being satisfied with their social support (Bulduc et al, 2007). In this study, it was found that in addition to low social support, dysfunctional coping strategies (e.g., constant TV watching or habitually venting problems) further decreased well‐being; however, in similar situations, less dysfunctional coping strategies resulted in more well‐being (Carver & Scheier, 1994; Carver et al, 1989).…”

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Managing Perceived Stress Among College Students: The Roles of Social Support and Dysfunctional Coping

Chao

2012

J of College Counseling

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The author examined the conditions (i.e., social support and dysfunctional coping) under which perceived stress predicted psychological well‐being in 459 college students. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated a significant 2‐way interaction (Perceived Stress × Social Support) and a significant 3‐way interaction (Perceived Stress × Social Support × Dysfunctional Coping) predicting well‐being. Low social support deteriorated the association between stress and well‐being. Only the frequent use of dysfunctional coping exacerbated the association between stress and well‐being across high and low social support. Implications for counseling college students are discussed.

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Managing Perceived Stress Among College Students: The Roles of Social Support and Dysfunctional Coping

Chao

2012

J of College Counseling

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“…Previous research has mainly focused on emerging adults whose parents divorced while they were in college, leaving out a proportion of the population whose parents divorced while they were still in grade school (Bulduc et al, 2007). The major contribution of this study is that it is the first to take into consideration the age emerging adults were when their parents divorced.…”

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“…Most researchers have focused on emerging adults whose parents divorced while they were in college, leaving out a proportion of the population whose parents divorced while they were still in grade school (Bulduc, Caron, & Logue, 2007). Even updated research that included the importance of gender difference in college adjustment overlooked the need to examine the relation between an emerging adult's age at the time of their parents' divorce and their adjustment to the college environment (Wintre et al, 2011).…”

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Relation Between Parental Divorce and Adjustment in College Students

Connel

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Carlson

2015

Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

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The role of parental divorce on the adjustment of emerging adults has been understudied and mostly limited to first-year college students. This study sought to examine the relation between parental divorce and adjustment in college students to identify differences in students from intact and divorced families while also examining gender and age differences. Results indicated no adjustment differences as a whole or by gender for intact and divorced families. However, students who were older when their parents divorced had higher levels of self-esteem than those whose parents divorced when they were younger. Implications of the study are discussed.

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“…Compared to young adults whose parents are still married, those with divorced parents are especially close to their mothers (Bulduc, 2005;Riggio, 2004). Whereas only 10% of college students with married parents wondered if their fathers loved them, more than 30% of those with divorced parents felt this way (Emery, 2004).…”

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Divorced Fathers and Their Daughters: A Review of Recent Research

Nielsen

2011

Journal of Divorce & Remarriage

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After parents' divorce, a father's relationship with his daughter is often far more damaged than his relationship with his son. Why is this? In what ways does the daughter pay an ongoing price for this damaged-or destroyed-relationship with her father? More important still, what can we do to reduce the damage to so many father-daughter relationships after divorce? KEYWORDS divorced fathers and daughters, divorced parents, father-daughter relationships, fathers and daughters, shared parentingMost daughters pay an ongoing price for their parents' divorce because they receive too little-or no-fathering after their parents' marriage ends. Eighty percent of the daughters and sons in the United States only live with their fathers for a maximum of 10% to 15% of the time after their parents' divorce. Nearly half do not spend time with their father on a monthly basis and 25% do not spend any time at all with him. Only 5% to 7% live with their father for more than 25% to 30% of the year (Kelly, 2007). These statistics are alarming because those daughters whose fathers remain actively involved in their lives differ very little from girls whose parents have never been divorced. Especially those daughters who live with their dads for at least 25% of the year receive the kind of fathering that offsets the negative impact of their parents' divorce (

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The Effects of Parental Divorce on College Students

Cited by 20 publications

References 9 publications

Managing Perceived Stress Among College Students: The Roles of Social Support and Dysfunctional Coping

Managing Perceived Stress Among College Students: The Roles of Social Support and Dysfunctional Coping

Relation Between Parental Divorce and Adjustment in College Students

Divorced Fathers and Their Daughters: A Review of Recent Research

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