Does the Quality of Mother-Child Relationships Moderate the Effect of Postdivorce Interparental Conflict on Children's Adjustment Problems?

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 15-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle Lutzke ◽  
Sharlene A. Wolchik ◽  
Sanford L. Braver
Keyword(s):  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Children's Adjustment ◽  
Children’S Adjustment ◽  
Mother Child Relationships

Custodial Arrangements and Parental Conflict following Divorce: The Impact on Children's Adjustment

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Twaite ◽  
Anya K. Luchow
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Interparental Conflict ◽  
Parental Conflict ◽  
Divorced Families ◽  
Individual Basis ◽  
Children's Adjustment ◽  
Children’S Adjustment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

This article presents a review of the substantial literature concerned with the question of how children from divorced families adjust under different custodial arrangements. Existing empirical research tends to be methodologically weak, and the results reported have been inconsistent. Moreover, the level of interparental conflict present in the family before and after the divorce appears to be a powerful mediating variable that affects children's adaptation to different custodial situations. It is concluded that custodial decisions should be made on an individual basis, with no presumption that custody should be awarded to either the mother or the father. It is clear that regardless of the decision regarding custody, parents should be educated regarding the importance of avoiding overt hostility and establishing a workable co-parenting relationship.

scholarly journals Pathways from early adversity to later adjustment: Tests of the additive and bidirectional effects of executive control and diurnal cortisol in early childhood

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 545-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana J. Lengua ◽  
Stephanie F. Thompson ◽  
Lyndsey R. Moran ◽  
Maureen Zalewski ◽  
Erika J. Ruberry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hpa Axis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Cumulative Risk ◽  
Additive Effects ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Diurnal Cortisol ◽  
Children's Adjustment ◽  
Children’S Adjustment ◽  
Bidirectional Effects

AbstractAdditive and bidirectional effects of executive control and hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis regulation on children's adjustment were examined, along with the effects of low income and cumulative risk on executive control and the HPA axis. The study utilized longitudinal data from a community sample of preschool age children (N = 306, 36–39 months at Time 1) whose families were recruited to overrepresent low-income contexts. We tested the effects of low income and cumulative risk on levels and growth of executive control and HPA axis regulation (diurnal cortisol level), the bidirectional effects of executive control and the HPA axis on each other, and their additive effects on children's adjustment problems, social competence and academic readiness. Low income predicted lower Time 4 executive control, and cumulative risk predicted lower Time 4 diurnal cortisol level. There was little evidence of bidirectional effects of executive control and diurnal cortisol. However, both executive control and diurnal cortisol predicted Time 4 adjustment, suggesting additive effects. There were indirect effects of income on all three adjustment outcomes through executive control, and of cumulative risk on adjustment problems and social competence through diurnal cortisol. The results provide evidence that executive control and diurnal cortisol additively predict children's adjustment and partially account for the effects of income and cumulative risk on adjustment.

A Monozygotic Twin Difference Study of Friends’ Aggression and Children’s Adjustment Problems

2011 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Vitaro ◽  
Mara Brendgen ◽  
Michel Boivin ◽  
Stéphane Cantin ◽  
Ginette Dionne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Monozygotic Twin ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Children's Adjustment ◽  
Children’S Adjustment
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