When is a parent out of the picture? Different custody, different perceptions.
This study investigated how 200 children from mother-, father-, or joint-custody arrangements perceived their divorced families. The authors argue that it is not the type of custody that shapes the child's view of whether one parent is peripheral but, rather, the nature of relationships within the various custody arrangements.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D011386:Projective Techniques; D012938:Social Perception