The visitation schedule and child adjustment: a three-year study.
Frequency and regularity of visitation is studied over time for a sample of recently separated mother-custody families. Results suggest that stability of visitation is more predictive of child adjustment than frequency of visits and that these effects are manifested over time. Setting up and maintaining a visitation schedule are shown to be related to the relationship that parents establish with each other in the first year of the separation.
Isaacs
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MB
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D004644:Emotions; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012917:Social Adjustment; D013997:Time Factors