Exam 14: Rebuilding: Family Life Following Divorce

Emotional attachment between a child and a caregiver is critical to a child's development. How does this concept come to play in the emotional recovery of children following divorce?

Empirical evidence strongly suggests that it is the divorce that ultimately influences post-divorce adaptation in children and adolescents.

What are some of the tasks associated with establishing new parental roles following divorce?

Research suggests that instability in subsequent marriages is the result of a breakdown in commitment, cohesion, and communication. Explain.

It usually takes six to ten years or more after a remarriage before the stepfamily reaches this stage of the relationship.

Why do children of divorce/separation suffer academically?

How does the state of family economics before and after divorce affect both the family and the child's long-term adjustment to divorce?

In the U.S., it is more than likely that the noncustodial parent is the ________.

The early stage of a remarriage relationship is known as _____.

Divorced dads' greatest stressors are associated with the increased contact they have with their children.

________ are divorced couples whose anger is an integral part of the post-divorce relationship. Not only is the divorce experience marked with long, heated battles over property, custody, visitation, and other matters, but the fighting continues for many years following the divorce.

What factors impact the nature of parenting following divorce?

What are the four transitions/phases of divorce?

How does guilt affect children of divorce?

Each year, 1 million children experience the divorce of their parents.

When adults remarry, they inherit new responsibilities and obligations which may cause added strain. ________ is common in stepfamilies, as stepfathers and stepmothers alike may be under a court order to pay child and/or spousal support to their former families.

Post-divorce men initiate dating relationships sooner than do post-divorce women.

It may take as long as 8 years for a family to reorganize and adjust to remarriage.

The greatest change to which children and adolescents need to adapt to post-divorce is:

Stepfamilies are rapidly becoming the most common family structure in this country.