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SPLIT IDENTITY AND CHILDREN OF DIVORCE
Author(s) -
McKane Maureen L.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1991.tb00213.x
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , identity (music) , developmental psychology , norm (philosophy) , social psychology , identity formation , self concept , political science , law , communication , physics , acoustics
Divorce, although a statistical norm, is a developmental trauma to the children involved. This article looks at the two‐camp emotional environment of a divorcing family and its effect on the formation of a child's identity. By examining developmental ages, chosen according to divorce research, the author attempts to show how the interspouse emotional cathexes negatively affect a child's sense of self in ways specific to the child's age at the divorce.