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- Title
SURVIVING THE BREAKUP? PREDICTORS OF PARENT-ADULT CHILD RELATIONS AFTER PARENTAL DIVORCE.
- Authors
Cooney, Teresa M.; Hutchinson, M. Katherine; Leather, Diane M.
- Abstract
The article explores the factors associated with post-divorce relationship outcomes for parents and young adult offsprings. The parent-child relationship contributes to the psychological functioning of each generation. This relationship represents a critical form of social integration for both generations. Post-divorce relations between young children and their parents are largely differentiated by the gender of the parent. The observed outcomes in the parent-child relationship are presumably the result of divorce itself, or pre-divorce family dynamics, rather than post-divorce custody arrangements. Several factors related to the divorce process itself may influence parent-child relationships. It is opined that the conflicted family situation and poor marriage prior to divorce physically and emotionally distances divorced parents and children. One aspect of family life that is typically altered by divorce is the family's economic well-being. It is opined that postponing divorce when a marriage is conflicted may not actually be in the children's best interest.
- Subjects
PARENT-child relationships; FAMILY relations; DIVORCED parents; YOUNG adults; CUSTODY of children; MARITAL conflict; INTERPERSONAL relations
- Publication
Family Relations, 1995, Vol 44, Issue 2, p153
- ISSN
0197-6664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/584802