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Adolescents after divorce

Author: Christy M Buchanan; Eleanor E Maccoby; Sanford M Dornbusch
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
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When their parents divorce, some children falter and others thrive. This book asks why. Is it the custody arrangement? A parent's new partner? Conflict or consistency between the two households? Adolescents after Divorce follows teenagers from 1,100 divorcing families to discover what makes the difference. Focusing on a period beginning four years after the divorce, the authors have the articulate, often insightful  Read more...
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Buchanan, Christy M.
Adolescents after divorce.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996
(OCoLC)604931305
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Christy M Buchanan; Eleanor E Maccoby; Sanford M Dornbusch
ISBN: 0674005171 9780674005174
OCLC Number: 34410069
Description: 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Christy M. Buchanan, Eleanor E. Maccoby, Sanford M. Dornbusch.

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When their parents divorce, some children falter and others thrive. This book asks why. Is it the custody arrangement? A parent's new partner? Conflict or consistency between the two households? Adolescents after Divorce follows teenagers from 1,100 divorcing families to discover what makes the difference. Focusing on a period beginning four years after the divorce, the authors have the articulate, often insightful help of their subjects in exploring the altered conditions of their lives. These teenagers come from a wide range of backgrounds. Some are functioning well. Some are faring poorly. The authors examine the full variety of situations in which these children find themselves once the initial disruption has passed - whether parents remarry or repartner, how parents relate to each other and to their children, and how life in two homes is integrated. Certain findings emerge - for instance, remarried new partners are better accepted than cohabiting new partners. And when parents' relations are amicable, adolescents in dual custody are less likely than other adolescents to experience loyalty conflicts. The authors also consider the effects of visitation arrangements, The demands made and the goals set within each home, and the emotional closeness of the residential parent to the child. A mine of information on a topic that touches so many Americans, this study will be crucial for researchers, counselors, lawyers, judges, and parents.

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