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Psychology of Children of Divorce
Twaite, James A.; Etc.; Silitsky, Daniel; Luchow, Anya K.
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Hardback. A critical review of the literature on the differential psychosocial adjustment of children after a divorce. The book examines studies in ten predictor domains including gender, age, and custody, and addresses the effectiveness of parenting behaviour, offering correctives for future investigation. Num Pages: 394 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHBK; JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
According respect to both prevailing models of divorce-as inevitably disastrous and as potentially challenging, even growth-producing-Dr. Twaite and his colleagues undertake a systematic and critical review of the literature on the differential psychosocial adjustment of children after a divorce. They address studies in ten predictor domains, some expectable (age, gender, custody arrangements), some less conventional, before advancing a predictor of their own: the effectiveness of parenting behavior (custodial, non-custodial, and step-) as experienced by the child. Finally, they proffer correctives, substantive and procedural, for future investigations, including recognition of the dynamics among the variables and the need to control for ... Read more
According respect to both prevailing models of divorce-as inevitably disastrous and as potentially challenging, even growth-producing-Dr. Twaite and his colleagues undertake a systematic and critical review of the literature on the differential psychosocial adjustment of children after a divorce. They address studies in ten predictor domains, some expectable (age, gender, custody arrangements), some less conventional, before advancing a predictor of their own: the effectiveness of parenting behavior (custodial, non-custodial, and step-) as experienced by the child. Finally, they proffer correctives, substantive and procedural, for future investigations, including recognition of the dynamics among the variables and the need to control for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
394
Condition
New
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765701138
SKU
V9780765701138
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About Twaite, James A.; Etc.; Silitsky, Daniel; Luchow, Anya K.
James A. Twaite, Ph.D., Ed.D., New York, New York/Milford, Pennsylvania - Daniel Silitsky, Ph.D. East Brunswick, New Jersey - Anya K. Luchow, Ph.D. New York, NY
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