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The Custodial Parent-Child Relationship as a Mediating Factor in the Effects of Divorce on Children.
Rasmussen, Janis Carol – 1987
Hess and Camara (1979) have shown that it is post-divorce family functioning, rather than family structure, that is most important in influencing the effects of divorce on children. A child's adjustment to divorce should be viewed as a developmental process rather than as a single event. Consequently, it is important to focus on the ways in which…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs
