An Overview of the Risks and Protectors for Children of Separation and Divorce

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• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DIVORCE AND CHILDREN'S ADJUSTMENT
  • 2.1 Retrospective Studies
  • 2.2 Prospective Studies
• 3. THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF DIVORCE AND CHILDREN'S ADJUSTMENT
  • 3.1 Absence of Non-resident Parent
  • 3.2 Troubled Parent-Child Relationships
  • 3.3 Economic Disadvantage
  • 3.4 Parental Conflict
• 4. WAYS IN WHICH FACTORS COMBINE TO INCREASE AND DECREASE DISTURBANCE IN CHILDREN: EXACERBATION AND PROTECTION
  • 4.1 Exposure to Multiple Risks
  • 4.2 Protective Effects
• 5. MEASURES USED TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILD ADJUSTMENT
  • 5.1 The Assessment of Reliability and Validity
  • 5.2 Measures of Marital Adjustment and Satisfaction
  • 5.3 Measures of Marital Conflict
  • 5.4 Post-Divorce Measures
  • 5.5 Measurement of Childhood Disturbance
  • 5.6 Purpose of Conflict Measures
• 6. SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX A:  THE SHORT MARITAL TEST
• APPENDIX B:  THE DYADIC ADJUSTMENT SCALE
• APPENDIX C:  THE REVISED CONFLICT TACTICS SCALE
• APPENDIX D:  CHILDREN'S PERCEPTION OF INTERPARENTAL CONFLICT SCALE

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