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Mazur, Elizabeth; Wolchik, Sharlene – 1992
This study examined associations between children's and mothers' perceptions of their relationships and children's biased appraisals of hypothetical negative divorce events. Such appraisals have been found to predict children's psychological adjustment. Subjects were 38 custodial, divorced mothers who had not remarried, and their children, of 8 to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Children, Discipline
Mazur, Elizabeth; Wolchik, Sharlene – 1993
Building on prior literature on adults' and children's appraisals of stressors, this study investigated relations among negative and positive appraisal biases, negative divorce events, and children's post-divorce adjustment. Subjects were 79 custodial nonremarried mothers and their children ages 9 to 13 who had experienced parental divorce within…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Divorce