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ERIC Number: EJ387597
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Coping with Family Transitions: Winners, Losers, and Survivors.
Hetherington, E. Mavis
Child Development, v60 n1 p1-14 Feb 1989
Discusses results of a longitudinal study of effects of divorce and remarriage on children's adjustment. Results suggest that individual characteristics play an important role in either protecting children from negative consequences associated with their parents' marital transitions or in making children vulnerable to such consequences. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Divorce, Family Life, Family Relationship, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Personality Traits, Remarriage, Sex Differences, Stepfamily, Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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