Implications of Parental Divorce for Female Development

Autor: Neil Kalter, Barbara Riemer, Jade Woo Chen, Arthur Brickman
Rok vydání: 1985
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry. 24:538-544
ISSN: 0002-7138
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60054-6
Popis: Conflicting evidence regarding potential negative effects of divorce on daughters may be due in part to methodological differences across studies. Daughters from intact versus maritally disrupted families were compared at different developmental stages. Divorce sequelae among female subjects are more likely to be found when (a) adolescent and adult subjects are studied, (b) one looks beyond the short-term disequilibrium of divorce, (c) the dimensions investigated are related to feminine self-esteem and heterosexual adjustment, and (d) data are gathered in ways other than paper-and-pencil tests. Possible explanations based on developmental issues and aspects of the father-daughter relationship are discussed. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry , 24, 5:538–544, 1985.
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