School counseling groups and children of divorce: Loosening attachment to mother in adolescent girls

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katina Kay Kostoulas ◽  
Irving H. Berkovitz ◽  
Hatsuko Arima
Keyword(s):  
School Counseling ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Children Of Divorce ◽  
Counseling Groups ◽  
Attachment To Mother

Behavioral and emotional differences between children of divorce and children from intact families: Clinical significance and mediating processes *This study is part of a dissertation () supported from the German research community.

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Schick
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Children Of Divorce ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Divorce Adjustment ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
German Research ◽  
Clinically Significant

The following study is based on a sample of 241 9-13-year-old children (66 children from divorced parents, 175 children from non divorced parents). They were examined for differences regarding anxiety, self-esteem, different areas of competence, and degree of behavior problems. With a focus on the children’s experiences, the clinically significant differences were examined. Clinically significant differences, revealing more negative outcomes for the children of divorce, were only found for social anxiety and unstable performance. The frequency of clinical significant differences was independent of the length of time the parents had been separated. The perceived destructiveness of conflict between the parents one of four facets of interparental conflict in this study functioned as a central mediator of the statistically significant group differences. The children’s perception of the father’s social support was a less reliable indicator of variance. Further studies should try to make underlying theoretical assumptions about the effects of divorce more explicit, to distinguish clearly between mediating variables, and to investigate them with respect to specific divorce adjustment indicators.

Helping the Children of Divorce

1988 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 607-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia P. Deutsch
Keyword(s):  
Children Of Divorce
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