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Tables of Contents for Marriage, Divorce, and Children's Adjustment
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Editor's Introduction
ix
2
Preface
xi
1. Overview
1
4
Gaining Perspective on Children and Divorce
1
1
Some Family Transitions in Divorce
2
2
An Overview of This Book
4
1
2. Some Cultural, Historical, and Demographic Perspectives
5
16
The Changing Family
6
5
A Brief History of Marital Dissolution in the United States
11
2
Demographics of Divorce in the United States Today
13
3
Family Living Circumstances of Children in the United States Today
16
1
Children's Postdivorce Living Arrangements
17
3
Summary
20
1
3. Methodological and Conceptual Issues
21
12
Sampling
21
4
Measurement
25
1
Interpreting Correlations Between Marital and Child Problems
26
2
Temporal Influences on Children's Divorce Adjustment
28
2
Summary
30
3
4. Children's Adjustment in Divorced and Married Families
33
22
Global Adjustment: Stress, Risk, Resilience, and Pain
34
6
Externalizing Problems
40
3
Internalizing Problems
43
2
Academic Competence
45
2
Social Competence
47
1
Intergenerational Issues in Intimacy, Marriage, and Divorce
48
2
Emotional Health During Adult Life
50
2
Summary
52
3
5. Family Processes and Children's Divorce Adjustment
55
36
Adjustment Over Time and Development
55
6
Interparental Conflict
61
4
Separation From an Attachment Figure
65
2
Parent-Child Relationships: Prevalence of Problems
67
2
Parent-Child Relationships: Residential Parents
69
5
Parent-Child Relationships: Nonresidential Parents
74
5
Joint Physical Custody
79
2
Economic Factors
81
4
Remarriage
85
1
Parental Mental Health, Siblings, and Ethnicity
86
3
Summary
89
2
6. Therapeutic Intervention: Approaches and Research
91
12
Renegotiating Family Relationships
91
2
Individual Coping Tasks: Grief and Identity Conflict
93
1
Boundaries in Parent-Child Relationships
94
1
The Coparenting Relationship
95
1
The Parent-Child-Parent Triad
96
1
Treatment Outcome Research on Divorce
97
1
Family Interventions
98
2
School-Based Groups for Children
100
2
Summary
102
1
7. Legal Intervention: Laws, Policies, and New Directions
103
30
The Regulation of Divorce
104
3
Divorce Settlements
107
1
Finances: Property Division, Alimony, and Child Support
108
8
Legal and Physical Custody
116
7
The Settlement of Divorce Disputes
123
2
Divorce Mediation
125
3
Unarticulated Values
128
1
Summary of Suggestions for Law and Policy
129
4
References
133
20
Index
153
11
About the Author
164