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Factors Affecting Post-Divorce Child Adjustment and the Impact of Family Financial Status

Data from the National Survey of Households and Families were used to study the factors previous research identified as affecting post-divorce child adjustment. Responses from 358 divorced parents with custody of children under age 12 were analyzed. Special attention was paid to the effect of family financial status. The strongest predictor of problem behavior for both preschool children and school-aged boys was the amount of parent/child activity time. Older boys were also particularly sensitive to interparental conflict. Elementary-aged girls, however, were most affected by the presence of parental depression, which was found to be significantly associated with a decline in post-divorce family financial status. Only girls' problems showed a direct relationship with family income.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500750
Date05 1900
CreatorsMcGurk, Deborah W. (Deborah Williams)
ContributorsSeward, Rudy Ray, Williams, Norma, Yeatts, Dale E., Eve, Susan Brown
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 72 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, McGurk, Deborah W. (Deborah Williams), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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