Objectives: To evaluate Israeli Arab social workers' custody recommendations, given the unique cultural context in which they operate. Methods: The current study used an experimental-design embedded within a survey. Data regarding custody recommendations were collected from 137 Israeli Arab social workers. Results: Israeli Arab social workers tend…

Examined female social work students' (N=216) perceptions of major custody arrangements. Subjects made recommendations regarding hypothetical custody dispute by ranking nine predefined custody arrangements. Although subjects used appropriate criteria in recommendations, custody was seldom awarded to fathers even when they qualified for it.…

Examines one aspect of the same-sex parent-child hypothesis within the context of mother's versus father's custody. Stresses that the gender of the custodial parent matters very little for the social functioning of the children. Finds the social adjustment of adolescents of divorced parents is somewhat poorer than adolescents from intact families.…