Long-term effects of divorce on children: a developmental vulnerability model.
Research and clinical work with children of divorce have focused primarily on parental separation as a traumatic event and its effects on children as a crisis situation. The present paper, based on clinical experience, considers potential long-term problems of these children in key developmental areas: handling anger and aggression, separation-individuation, and gender identity. Implications for prevention and service delivery are presented.
Kalter
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Department of Psychology.
D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002667:Child Reactive Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors