Family functions and children's postdivorce adjustment.
Data on school-age children of divorced parents were examined to determine which dimensions of family dynamics were most associated with the children's socioemotional adjustment. Those factors found to be most significant were family roles, behavior control, and affective involvement, as well as children's reaction to and insight into the divorce, and conflict in the home after the divorce. Implications for parent education and early intervention are discussed.
Portes
P R
PR
Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University of Louisville, Ky.
Howell
S C
SC
Brown
J H
JH
Eichenberger
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S
Mas
C A
CA
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005196:Family Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development