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- Title
Reconsidering the 'Good Divorce'.
- Authors
Amato, Paul R.; Kane, Jennifer B.; James, Spencer
- Abstract
This study attempted to assess the notion that a 'good divorce' protects children from the potential negative consequences of marital dissolution. A cluster analysis of data on postdivorce parenting from 944 families resulted in three groups: cooperative coparenting, parallel parenting, and single parenting. Children in the cooperative coparenting (good divorce) cluster had the smallest number of behavior problems and the closest ties to their fathers. Nevertheless, children in this cluster did not score significantly better than other children on 10 additional outcomes. These findings provide only modest support for the good divorce hypothesis.
- Subjects
DIVORCE; MARITAL disruption; CO-parents; DIVORCED parents; PART-time parenting; PARENTING; CHILDREN of divorced parents; BEHAVIOR disorders in children; FATHER-child relationship
- Publication
Family Relations, 2011, Vol 60, Issue 5, p511
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00666.x