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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF SUPERVISED ACCESS AND CUSTODY EXCHANGE SERVICES
Author(s) -
Dunn Jerry H.,
Flory Barbara E.,
BergWeger Marla
Publication year - 2004
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.174-1617.2004.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , exploratory research , psychology , child custody , service (business) , exploratory analysis , family court , developmental psychology , social psychology , criminology , psychiatry , political science , sociology , law , business , social science , data science , marketing , computer science
The detrimental effect of parental conflict in protracted child custody and visitation disputes is well established in the literature. However, little is known about the impact of parental conflict on children when visitation takes place in a protected setting. Part of a larger study that examined the broader issues related to parental and child involvement in a supervised access and custody exchange service, this article specifically explores the influence of parental participation on child well‐being. This exploratory effort reveals that children's level of adjustment remained stable over 6 months of participation while visitation returned to court‐ordered levels and interparental contact was precluded by staff intervention.