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van Bergen, Elsje; Bishop, Dorothy; van Zuijen, Titia; de Jong, Peter F. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2015
Cognitive processes underlying a behavioural outcome (like reading ability) and the impact of familial risk (e.g., for dyslexia) have been studied in isolation. We present a novel design, linking the two avenues. How do familial influences impact on children's cognitive skills, which subsequently underlie reading development? Participants from the…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Path Analysis, Correlation, Spouses
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Fischer, Tamar F. C.; de Graaf, Paul M.; Kalmijn, Matthijs – Journal of Family Issues, 2005
This study presents descriptive and explanatory analyses of contact between former spouses, using data on 1,791 previously married men and women in the Netherlands. The authors employ a typology of relationships between former spouses, differentiating between friendly contact, antagonistic contact, and no contact. Ten years after divorce, still…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spouses, Divorce, Interaction
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Jansen, Miranda; Liefbroer, Aart C. – Journal of Family Issues, 2006
In this article, the authors examine effects of partners' attitudes on the timing of the birth of a first child, the division of domestic labor, the division of child care, and the division of paid labor of couples. They use data from the Panel Study of Social Integration in the Netherlands, which includes independent measures of both partners'…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Birth, Spouses, Foreign Countries