title: Joint custody and shared parenting. Research and interventions.
abstract: Joint custody is a reality for many children of divorce. This article first examines the structure and forms joint custody takes, and then explores what is known about shared parenting from research that is relevant to clinical work with families of divorce. An overview of interventions for children and families of divorce that are relevant to coparenting issues follows, along with what is known about their effectiveness. The final section presents several modes of intervention to assist families in maximizing the effectiveness of shared parenting situations for children and their parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Pruett
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoganbruen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D002655:Child Custody / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D012495:San Francisco; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012917:Social Adjustment