Open AccessOn the problem of effects of divorce on children
Author(s) -
M. Dovydaitytė
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psichologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-0061
pISSN - 1392-0359
DOI - 10.15388/psichol.1995.13.9038
Subject(s) - distancing , psychology , developmental psychology , loyalty , social psychology , medicine , covid-19 , political science , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The present article describes the research on effects of parental divorce on children. Retrospective study of effects of divorce on children was conducted. The results indicate that children reactions to parental divorce are emotional and physical distancing from the situation, hypercompensation, delinquent behaviour patterns, and problems of communication with opposite sex as well as psychosomatic reaction. However divorce can be experienced as positive or neutral life event. If a child evaluates parent negatively the negative effects of divorce seem to be less. The most dramatically experienced effects on children are in loyalty conflict situation.