Longitudinal Effects of PostDivorce Interparental Conflict on Children’s Mental Health Problems Through Fear of Abandonment: Does Parenting Quality Play a Buffering Role?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karey L. O’Hara ◽  
C. Aubrey Rhodes ◽  
Sharlene A. Wolchik ◽  
Irwin N. Sandler ◽  
Jenn Yun‐Tein
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Parenting Quality ◽  
Longitudinal Effects ◽  
Fear Of Abandonment

scholarly journals The relation between joint physical custody, interparental conflict, and children's mental health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lara Augustijn
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Joint Physical Custody ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Physical Custody ◽  
Custody Arrangements

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between joint physical custody and children’s mental health, and tested whether interparental conflict moderated the association. Background: Joint physical custody is an emerging post-separation care arrangement that is expected to counter the negative effects of family dissolution on children’s overall well-being. There is, however, substantial disagreement about the impact that joint physical custody may have on children’s mental health when interparental conflict is high. Method: The statistical analysis was based on data from the Family Models in Germany (FAMOD) study, which was conducted in 2019. The analytical sample consisted of 1,087 post-separation families practicing either sole physical custody or joint physical custody. Linear regression models were estimated to determine the relationship between physical custody arrangements, interparental conflict, and children’s mental health problems. Results: Living in a joint physical custody arrangement was positively related to children's mental health, whereas high levels of interparental conflict were negatively related to children's mental health. However, when levels of interparental conflict were high children in joint physical custody arrangements displayed levels of mental health problems that were quite similar to those of children in sole physical custody arrangements. Conclusion: The findings emphasize that joint physical custody is not a "one-size-fits-all model" that is suitable for all post-separation families, and that it is only beneficial for children's mental health when interparental conflict is low.

Effects of a Web-based Parenting After Divorce Program to Reduce Interparental Conflict, Increase Quality of Parenting and Reduce Children’s Post-Divorce Behavior Problems

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharlene Wolchik ◽  
Irwin Sandler ◽  
Emily Winslow ◽  
Michele M. Porter ◽  
Jenn-Yun Tein
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Parent Education ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Education Support

This paper describes a randomized controlled evaluation of a web-based parenting-after-divorce/separation program, the electronic New Beginnings Program (eNBP). This project advances the goal of making parent education programs widely accessible (e.g., Salem et al., 2013; Schramm & Becher, 2020) and is consistent with the Association of Family and Conciliation Court’s (AFCC) vision of developing a justice system in which all professionals work collaboratively through education, support, and access to services to achieve the best possible outcome for children and families. This is the first study to demonstrate that a web-based parenting program for separated/divorced parents significantly reduced children’s mental health problems. In addition to improving children’s mental health problems, the program improved two aspects of positive parenting, parent-child relationship quality and effective discipline, and reduced interparental conflict. Because the program effects on all outcomes occurred for both parent and child reports, confidence in the findings is increased.

scholarly journals Does Mother–Child Interaction Mediate the Relation Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s Mental Health Problems?

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 1257-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleen M. E. M. van Doorn ◽  
Rowella C. W. M. Kuijpers ◽  
Anna Lichtwarck-Aschoff ◽  
Denise Bodden ◽  
Mélou Jansen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Children’S Mental Health ◽  
Children's Mental Health ◽  
Maternal Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Child Interaction ◽  
Mother Child Interaction
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