TY - JOUR
T1 - Inner-city, poor children of divorce
T2 - Negative divorce-related events, problematic beliefs and adjustment problems
AU - Wolchik, Sharlene
AU - Ramirez, Rafael
AU - Sandler, Irwin
AU - Fisher, Jennifer L.
AU - Organista, Pamela Balls
AU - Brown, Carl
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - This study examined the relations between negative divorce-related events, four types of beliefs about the divorce and the adjustment problems of 35 inner-city, poor children of divorce. Both parental and children’s perspectives on children’s adjustment were obtained. Negative divorce-related events were significantly, positively related to both children’s and parents’ reports of adjustment problems. Only one type of belief about divorce, fear of abandonment, was significantly, positively related to both children’s and parents’ reports of adjustment problems. Beliefs involving maternal lame were marginally related to parental reports of children’s adjustment problems. The implications of these findings for interventions for poor children of divorce are discussed.
AB - This study examined the relations between negative divorce-related events, four types of beliefs about the divorce and the adjustment problems of 35 inner-city, poor children of divorce. Both parental and children’s perspectives on children’s adjustment were obtained. Negative divorce-related events were significantly, positively related to both children’s and parents’ reports of adjustment problems. Only one type of belief about divorce, fear of abandonment, was significantly, positively related to both children’s and parents’ reports of adjustment problems. Beliefs involving maternal lame were marginally related to parental reports of children’s adjustment problems. The implications of these findings for interventions for poor children of divorce are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1300/J087v19n01_01
DO - 10.1300/J087v19n01_01
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0002886933
VL - 19
SP - 1
EP - 20
JO - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
JF - Journal of Divorce and Remarriage
SN - 1050-2556
IS - 1-2
ER -