The Relative Risk of Divorce in Parents of Children With Developmental Disabilities: Impacts of Lifelong Parenting.
We prospectively examined the risk of divorce in 190 parents of children with developmental disabilities compared to 7,251 parents of children without disabilities based on a random sample drawn from the community and followed longitudinally for over 50 years. A significant interaction between the parental group status and number of children was found: In the comparison group, having a larger number of children was related to an increased risk of divorce, whereas the number of children did not increase divorce risk among parents of children with developmental disabilities.
Eun Ha Namkung, Jieun Song, Jan S. Greenberg, and Marsha R. Mailick, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Eun Ha
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Namkung
Eun Ha Namkung, Jieun Song, Jan S. Greenberg, and Marsha R. Mailick, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Jieun
J
Song
Eun Ha Namkung, Jieun Song, Jan S. Greenberg, and Marsha R. Mailick, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Jan S
JS
Greenberg
Eun Ha Namkung, Jieun Song, Jan S. Greenberg, and Marsha R. Mailick, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Marsha R
MR
Mailick
and Frank J. Floyd, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Frank J
FJ
Floyd
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004243:Divorce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult
developmental disabilities; divorce; family size; parenting