The Noncustodial Parent: Dilemmas and Interventions

Wilbur, Janice Roberts; Wilbur, Michael

doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.1988.tb00907.x

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“…Noncustodial divorced parents represent another group restrained from interacting with their children. Wilbur and Wilbur (1988) observed that most such parents refused to accept that the bond to their children was severed or even damaged, even when their lawyers advised them to abandon efforts to continue the relationship. Thus, the bond is apparently very important to these parents even if it is mainly associated with frustration, aggravation, and disappointment.…”

Section: Review Of Empirical Findingsmentioning

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The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Baumeister¹,

Leary²

1995

Psychological Bulletin

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11,340

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A hypothesized need to form and maintain strong, stable interpersonal relationships is evaluated in light of the empirical literature. The need is for frequent, nonaversive interactions within an ongoing relational bond. Consistent with the belongingness hypothesis, people form social attachments readily under most conditions and resist the dissolution of existing bonds. Belongingness appears to have multiple and strong effects on emotional patterns and on cognitive processes. Lack of attachments is linked to a variety of ill effects on health, adjustment, and well-being. Other evidence, such as that concerning satiation, substitution, and behavioral consequences, is likewise consistent with the hypothesized motivation. Several seeming counterexamples turned out not to disconfirm the hypothesis. Existing evidence supports the hypothesis that the need to belong is a powerful, fundamental, and extremely pervasive motivation.

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Section: Review Of Empirical Findingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Baumeister¹,

Leary²

1995

Psychological Bulletin

16,664

412

11,340

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“…In addition, there is a pervasive perception that nonresident and indeed single parents are less viable in the eyes of society (Wilbur & Wilbur, 1988). Society seems to view an individual's failure to maintain or succeed in her or his primary relationship as a potential failure as a parent.…”

Section: Sociocultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The roles parents play in their children's lives after the dissolution of their partnership clearly changes. The development of new roles as nonresident parents is challenging enough, but this process is made more difficult by the lack of acceptance by the social system (Wilbur & Wilbur, 1988).…”

Section: Sociocultural Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Perspectives on Nonresidential Paternal Involvement and Grief: A Literature Review

2004

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This article reviews literature regarding nonresidential paternal involvement postdivorce. Attempts have been made to understand nonresidential fathers’ contact with their children from a variety of perspectives including level and quality, theoretical, sociocultural influences, legal, maternal, childhood, paternal, and paternal postdivorce grief. In most cases, the authors found elements of grief throughout the literature. However, current literature has not integrated these elements into a framework for understanding fathers’ postdivorce contact through a grief lens. Thus, this article explores the issue of familial and paternal grief and makes suggestions for future areas of research.

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“…Furthermore, mental health professionals need to be more available to noncustodial fathers. Typically, in dealing with divorced parents or children from divorced families, therapists usually conduct sessions without the parent-usually a noncustodial father-who lives away from the children (Wilbur & Wilbur, 1988). To resolve issues affecting the divorced family, such as disturbances in parent-child relations and problems with visitation, custody, and child support, the entire family system must be considered when developing treatment initiatives.…”

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Understanding Distressed Fathers' Perceptions of Legal and Relational Inequities Postdivorce

Arditti

Allen

1993

Family Court Review

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This study examines distressed fathers' perceptions of inequity about their experiences related to the divorce process, custody, visitation, and child support. A content analysis of men's subjective responses to an open‐ended survey question revealed dissatisfactions with the legal system and emotional hardships associated with divorce. Fathers expressed strong negative feelings about discrimination from the legal system. Relational inequities centered around the ex‐wife and her perceived responsibility for problems with the courts and relationships with children.

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The Noncustodial Parent: Dilemmas and Interventions

Cited by 10 publications

References 9 publications

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation.

Perspectives on Nonresidential Paternal Involvement and Grief: A Literature Review

Understanding Distressed Fathers' Perceptions of Legal and Relational Inequities Postdivorce

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