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Risk and Protective Factors in Young Children's Adjustment to Parental Divorce: A Review of the Research
Author(s) -
Leon Kim
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00258.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , developmental psychology , psychology , psychopathology , developmental psychopathology , clinical psychology , communication
This article reviews the literature on parental divorce and early childhood development, using developmental psychopathology as an organizing framework. With respect to young children, three questions are addressed: How does parental divorce affect developmental outcomes? What risk and protective factors influence adaptation? How does early parental divorce affect later adjustment? Because this review is unique in its focus on divorce‐related issues specific to young children, limitations of existing research are noted and directions for future research are suggested.