The Influence of Parental Separation and Divorce on Father–Child Relationships

Factors of risk and protection/resilience in adolescent scholar bullying. Longitudinal analysis

“…The risk perspective is compatible with an ecological framework because both perspectives include variables that occur across the domains of the individual, family, school, adolescence and the environment (Peters & Ehrenberg, 2008). Resilience is a concept that originated in physics.…”

Assessment of the Familial Relationships of Young Adult Children of Separated Parents

“…Although there is broad consensus that the differences observed decrease and, in some cases, disappear 2 or 3 years after the marriage breakup, it has also been observed that parental divorce bears negative consequences on the children's well-being in the long term (Amato, 2000;Cherlin, 1999;Emery, 1999;Furstenberg & Kiernan, 2001;Hetherington, 1998;McLanahan & Sandefur, 1994). It has been observed, for example, that young adults who have experienced their parents' separation show higher unhappiness, lower satisfaction with life, lower self-control, more anxiety and depression symptoms, and a higher use of mental health services than young people who have not experienced parental separation (Amato & Sobolewsky, 2001), in addition to a higher difficulty in completing developmental tasks typical of the transition to adulthood such as progressive social and economical autonomy (Johnson & Nelson, 1998), more interpersonal problems when developing intimate relationships (Amato & DeBoer, 2001;Bolgar, Zweig-Frank, & Paris, 1995;Wallerstein, Lewis, & Blakeslee, 2000), and lower quality in the relationship with their parents (Amato, 1994;Amato & Booth, 1997;Aquilino, 1994;Cooney, 1994;Peters & Ehrenberg, 2008;Silverstein & Bengtson, 1997;Wallerstein & Kelly, 1980;White, 1992;Zill, Morrisson, & Coiro, 1993), especially with their father (Amato, 1994).…”

Father bonding and blood pressure in young adults from intact and divorced families

“…When marital discord develops, fathers may display carryover effects in their relations with their children [9], and evidence suggests that children are highly reactive to paternal marital-related distress [10]. The nature and meaning of the father-child relationship may be particularly susceptible to the negative effects of divorce, as marital dissolution may reduce the amount of time children spend with their fathers [11] and reduce children's exposure to typically adaptive paternal parenting practices [12].…”