Factors Affecting Post-Divorce Child Adjustment and the Impact of Family Financial Status
Description:
Data from the National Survey of Households and Families were used to study the factors previous research identified as affecting post-divorce child adjustment. Responses from 358 divorced parents with custody of children under age 12 were analyzed. Special attention was paid to the effect of family financial status. The strongest predictor of problem behavior for both preschool children and school-aged boys was the amount of parent/child activity time. Older boys were also particularly sensiti…
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Date:
May 1994
Creator:
McGurk, Deborah W. (Deborah Williams)
Partner:
UNT Libraries