Family resilience and parental competence
Family resilience and parental competence contributors to variation on child depression scores in divorced and intact families Coleman, Heather
ISBN: 0612648478
Summary:
Many children whose parents divorce experience considerable distress
before, during and after the divorce. Children experience both
internal and external distress which may appear as depression and all
of the features that are synonymous with this difficulty. Although
numerous studies have been conducted in the area of divorce, past
research on children of divorce focused primarily on the views of
parents and teachers in relationship to child adjustment following
divorce. This study focuses on children, parents and families who
present for clinical treatment following divorce and offers a rare
perspective of child functioning in relationship to divorce by
examining the child's point of view. In addition, this study provides
a systemic focus by investigating child, parent and family factors
among divorced and intact families. This non-experimental survey
research study included 79 parents and 79 children who experienced
divorce and 71 parents and 71 children who had not experienced
divorce. Children ranged in age from 6 to 12 and parents had been
separated between less than 1 year to 13 years. Data were collected
with the Parent Child Relationship Index, the Parenting Stress Index,
The Family Index of Regenerativity and Adaptation-General, and the
Children's Depression Rating Scale. Significant differences were
found between divorced and non-divorced families on child depression
scores, parenting stress, parent-child relationship, and family
resilience. The findings raise questions for policy, clinical
practice, and future research.
Notes:
Adviser: Heather Coleman.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary (Canada), 2001.
Electronic reproduction.Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest Information and
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child depression scores in divorced and intact families.
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