Journal article
Mastery or Misery: Conflict Between Separated Parents a Psychological Burden for Children
Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, Vol.56(7), pp.551-568
2015
Abstract
This qualitative research examined parenting, parental conflict, and parent-child relationships following separation in the context of Australian government reform in 2006 and subsequent changes to the Family Law Act (1975). Participants were English-speaking men and women, age 16 to 27 years. The research was guided by attachment theory and social conflict theory, and embedded in grounded theory. The Cooperative Competitive Parental Conflict model emerged from the data. Two factors moderated the parent-child relationship: emotional security and responsive parenting. The research found it was not parental conflict, but how parental conflict was handled, that created the psychological burden for a child.
Details
- Title
- Mastery or Misery: Conflict Between Separated Parents a Psychological Burden for Children
- Authors
- Leanne Francia (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessPrudence M Millear (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
- Publication details
- Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, Vol.56(7), pp.551-568
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1080/10502556.2015.1080090
- ISSN
- 1050-2556
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Midwifery
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450184802621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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