title: Joint custody: an exploration of the issues.
abstract: Joint custody, an increasingly popular custody decision, allows both divorced parents to share equally the rights and responsibilities of child-rearing following their divorce. The authors discuss the potential positive and negative effects of this new and highly controversial custody decision by reviewing relevant research and theoretical concepts. Suggestions for further research are offered.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D002666:Psychology, Child; D014481:United States