title: [Development of a structural equation model for children's adaptation in divorced families].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was designed to develop and test a structural model for children's adaptation in divorced families. The hypothetical model was constructed based on the Family Resilience Model by McCubbin and McCubbin.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected using self-report questionnaires from 219 children (3-6th grade) in divorced families. The children attended one of 22 community agencies, 8 after-school programs, 3 elementary schools in three cities in South Korea. The collected data were analyzed using LISREL program to test the hypothetical model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The modified model was constructed by deleting four paths in accordance with the statistical and theoretical criteria. Compared to the hypothetical model, the revised one had a better fit to the data. Self-esteem, and beliefs about parental divorce had direct effects, and family communication and internal control had indirect effects on children's adaptation in divorced families. These variables explained 56% of the variance in children's adaptation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified model was supported by empirical data. This model could be applied to family nursing interventions with divorced families or any other suffering family transition. When working with children experiencing parental divorce, it is important for nurses to enhance children's self-esteem, family communication and to decrease children's negative beliefs about parental divorce to help in their adaptation.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing Science, Kyung Hee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea. sunghshin@khu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D004243:Divorce; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011340:Problem Solving; D016730:Program Development; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires