Explaining the Higher Incidence of Adjustment Problems among Children of Divorce Compared with Those in Two-Parent Families.

Simons, Ronald L.; Lin, Kuei-Hsiu; Gordon, Leslie C.; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O.

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ERIC Number: EJ612732

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Explaining the Higher Incidence of Adjustment Problems among Children of Divorce Compared with Those in Two-Parent Families.

Simons, Ronald L.; Lin, Kuei-Hsiu; Gordon, Leslie C.; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O.

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v61 n4 p1020-33 Nov 1999

Examines whether differences between adolescent adjustment problems in divorced families and intact families can be explained by parental conflicts and parents' level of involvement. Determined the quality of mother's parenting and father's involvement explained the association between divorce and boys' externalizing problems; the quality of mother's parenting and post-divorce conflict explained the relationship between divorce and girls' externalizing problems. (Author/JDM)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Conflict, Divorce, Nuclear Family, One Parent Family, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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