Categorizations of structure living arrangements of adolescents after parental separation

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 236-247
Author(s):  
Maud Dujeu ◽  
Isabelle Godin
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Parental Separation

scholarly journals Mental Health in Schoolchildren in Joint Physical Custody: A Longitudinal Study

Children ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
Anders Hjern ◽  
Stine Kjaer Urhoj ◽  
Emma Fransson ◽  
Malin Bergström
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Parental Separation ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Maternal Report ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Joint Physical Custody ◽  
Physical Custody ◽  
Custody Arrangements

This study investigated mental health in schoolchildren in different living arrangements after parental separation. The study population included 31,519 children from the Danish National Birth Cohort, followed-up at age 11 in 2010–2014. Child mental health was measured with a maternal report of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Associations between living arrangements and mental health were analyzed using logistic and linear regression models, taking into account early childhood indicators of the parents’ relations, income, education and psychiatric care. At age 11, children living in a nuclear family had the lowest rate of total SDQ score, 8.9%. Of the children who had experienced parental separation, children in joint physical custody had the lowest adjusted odds ratio (OR)1.25 (95%-CI 1.09–1.44), for a high SDQ score relative to children living in a nuclear family, with adjusted ORs of 1.63 (1.42–1.86) and OR 1.72 (1.52–1.95) for sole physical custody arrangements with and without a new partner. An analysis of change in SDQ scores between ages 7 and 11 in children showed a similar pattern. This study indicates that joint physical custody is associated with slightly more favorable mental health in schoolchildren after parental separation than sole physical custody arrangements.

scholarly journals Importance of living arrangements and coparenting quality for young children’s mental health after parental divorce: a cross-sectional parental survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e000657
Author(s):  
Malin Bergström ◽  
Raziye Salari ◽  
Anders Hjern ◽  
Robin Hognäs ◽  
Kersti Bergqvist ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Child Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Parental Separation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Intact Families

BackgroundParental separation has been associated with adverse child mental health outcomes in the literature. For school-aged children, joint physical custody (JPC), that is, spending equal time in both parents’ homes after a divorce, has been associated with better health and well-being than single care arrangements. Preschool children’s well-being in JPC is less studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of living arrangements and coparenting quality with mental health in preschool children after parental separation.MethodsThis cross-sectional population-based study includes 12 845 three-year-old children in Sweden. Mental health was measured by parental reports of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and coparenting quality with a four-item scale. The living arrangements of the 642 children in non-intact families were categorised into JPC, living mostly with one parent and living only with one parent.ResultsLinear regression models, adjusted for sociodemographic confounders, showed an association between increased mental health problems and living mostly and only with one parent (B=1.18; 95% CI 0.37 to 2.00, and B=1.20; 95% CI 0.40 to 2.00, respectively), while children in intact families vs JPC did not differ significantly (B=−0.11; 95% CI −0.58 to 0.36). After adjusting the analyses for coparenting quality, differences in child mental health between the post divorce living arrangements were, however, minimal while children in intact families had more mental health problems compared with JPC (B=0.70; 95% CI 0.24 to 1.15). Factorial analysis of covariance revealed that low coparenting quality was more strongly related to mental health problems for children in intact families and JPC compared with children living mostly or only with one parent.ConclusionsThis study suggests that coparenting quality is a key determinant of mental health in preschool children and thus should be targeted in preventive interventions.

scholarly journals Living arrangements after parental separation have minimal impact on mental health at age 7 years

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Hjern ◽  
Malin Bergström ◽  
Emma Fransson ◽  
Stine Kjaer Urhoj
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Parental Separation ◽  
Minimal Impact

scholarly journals Early childhood social determinants and family relationships predict parental separation and living arrangements thereafter

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Anders Hjern ◽  
Malin Bergström ◽  
Stine Kjaer Urhoj ◽  
Anne‐Marie Nybo Andersen
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Parental Separation

Interest in the Living Arrangements of the Urban Unattached

1948 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 483-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnold M. Rose
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements

scholarly journals Marital power and depressive symptoms among older Mexican adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 2520-2540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph L. Saenz ◽  
Sunshine Rote
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Seemingly Unrelated Regression ◽  
Marital Power ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Equal Distribution ◽  
Mexican Adults

AbstractAn extensive body of research documents marital status differences in health among older adults. However, few studies have investigated the heterogeneity in depressive symptomatology among older married adults living in developing countries. Our study investigates the interplay of gender and marital power dynamics for mental health among older Mexican adults. Our sample includes older married couples in the 2015 Wave of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (N = 3,621 dyads). We use seemingly unrelated regression to model the association between self-reported distributions of decision-making power within marriages and depressive symptoms for husbands and wives. For approximately 41 per cent of couples, the husband and wife both reported an equal distribution of power in the marriage. Compared to those who reported an equal power distribution, husbands and wives who reported an imbalance of power (having more power or less power than their spouse) reported more depressive symptoms. Levels of depressive symptoms were higher in marriages characterised by power inequality. The relationship between equality in power and depressive symptoms is not explained by health-care needs or living arrangements. Marital quality is an important factor for understanding depressive symptoms among older Mexican adults.

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