Results are presented of an intensive search of U.S. newspapers and periodicals on the joint custody of children after divorce, where both parents have continued responsibility for parenting and where the children spend part of each week, month, or year with both of the parents. Areas of concern addressed by these materials include the following:…

The model described offers information about displaced homemakers that, while specific to Arizona, can provide a guide to persons in any state responsible for program planning. The report presents results of an Arizona Department of Education study which was conducted to: (1) identify the "displaced homemaker;" (2) define the need for services;…

A return to school is discussed as both a possible contributing factor to marital separation or divorce as well as an outcome. The special problems and counseling needs of the divorced reentering student are also delineated. Implications for society and education are discussed. (Author)

These two issues contain reviews of legal/legislative issues, research and treatment issues, book and video materials, and on-line resources and websites relating to family violence and sexual assault. The first issue, contains "Empowering African American Children To Become Resilient: Early Success in Overcoming Violent Families and…

Investigated whether marriage-related attitudes which are antagonistic to successful marital adjustment, or maladaptive styles of marital interaction, contribute to the higher divorce rate of children from disrupted marriages. Findings indicated that children from separated/divorced homes espouse the most favorable attitude toward divorce. (Author)

Reviews research on the antecedents and the consequences of divorce. Research on historical and sociological causes of divorce, theoretical models, and changes in health status and the role redefinitions experienced by the divorced are discussed. Concludes by relating issues to sampling and measurement. (Author/JAC)

The authors present a model designed to facilitate counseling with preadolescent children whose parents are experiencing a divorce. The model, based on a standard loss model, is followed by techniques used in helping the child work through each phase of his feeling regarding the divorce. (Author)

Examined 42 maritally supported, 43 maritally distressed, and 32 divorced parents and their clinic children (aged 3-7) to assess the relationship of marital support, conflict, or divorce to clinic parents' perception of child adjustment, parenting behaviors, and child conduct problems. Results indicated significantly more child behavior problems…

Presents a time-limited support group intervention. The model, based on the notion that children of divorce frequently encounter specific divorce-engendered stresses during and after a divorce, focuses on commonly occurring stressors, normalizes children's reactions to them, acknowledges and articulates painful feelings, and offers coping…

Examines whether the rising percentage of unmarried adults would affect the level of social support between adult children and their parents. The only major effect found was for coresidence. Neither divorced children in general nor divorced daughters or divorced single parents in particular posed a special burden to parents. (RJM)

A study explored the interactional effects of parental marital disruption and physical abuse on risk for adolescent psychopathology in 99 community-based adolescents who had been physically abused and 99 controls. Interactional effects of marital disruption and abuse were found for risk for lifetime Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.…

This document consists of three years (12 issues) of a quarterly newsletter that addresses the healthy development of children of divorced and separated parents. The National Council for Children's Rights (NCCR) (now the CRC, the Children's Rights Council, Inc.) advocates reducing divorce by strengthening families through divorce and custody…

Divided into three parts, this book was written to foster healing for divorcing parents and to help divorcing couples support their children. Part one deals with interpersonal issues and individual growth. The reader is lead through the personal processes of divorce; actions parents can take to help themselves and their children adjust to the…

This handbook provides guidance for women in Illinois who are victims of domestic violence and spouse abuse. It consists of facts about domestic violence, a survival sheet telling what to do before, during, and after incidents of domestic violence, and advice on seeking emergency assistance and shelter. It then provides advice and resources on…

Although research documents the adverse effects of parental divorce on children, there is little information on clinical intervention for this population. To empirically test the effectiveness and relative contribution of differing treatments, a program of planned, brief (6 weeks) intervention, aimed at altering children's negative attitudes or…