Daughters of divorce: report from a ten-year follow-up.
A ten-year longitudinal study of 63 girls from divorced middle-class families examines patterns of adjustment and family relationships over time. Course of adjustment and outcomes are linked to age, the mother-daughter relationship, and household organization. Delayed effects are observed among young adult women forming their own relationships, influenced by issues of identification with their mothers.
Wallerstein
J S
JS
Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, Calif.
Corbin
S B
SB
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002655:Child Custody; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D004532:Ego; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment