[Social-emotional and cognitive markers in children of divorce and in children from 2-parent families--a cross sectional study].
Related to the research of the effects of separation and divorce on children there is a lack of empirical studies in Germany. The following cross-sectional field-study directly investigate 48 children from divorced and 32 children from two-parent-families regarding socio-emotional and some cognitive characteristics (nonclinical samples). Projective and semi-projective tests were the preferred instruments. One of the main questions was related to frustration behavior, measured by the Rosenzweig-Picture-Frustration Test (childrens form). This test was used for the first time by a population of German children of divorce. Children of divorce showed a special frustration behavior, a so called M-profile showing many impunitive reactions. They avoid direct conflicts or struggle and try to deny the frustration. Also the subtests of the Hamburg-Wechsler-Intelligence test for children (HAWIK) show clearly that children from divorced families obtain much poorer test values in contrast to children from two-parent homes.
Universität-Gesamthochschule Essen.
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D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011386:Projective Techniques; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D014888:Wechsler Scales
Sozial-emotionale und kognitive Merkmale von Scheidungskindern und Kindern aus Zwei-Eltern-Familien--ein querschnittlicher Vergleich.