Suggests picture books, children's novels, and children's nonfiction about coping with divorce and separation and living in a one parent family. (SJL)

This bibliography of 54 recent books and articles on various aspects of today's changing families was developed to accompany the "Families in Transition" issue of "Emphasis." It is divided into two major sections. The first section lists items that deal with changing family structures in a general way, or that touch upon a variety of subjects.…

Lists books and organizations to help parents, children, and anyone else concerned with the problems of separation and divorce. (LD)

Listed in this publication are various resources relevant to the study of single-parent families. Provided are names and addresses of organizations that provide services specifically to single parents, divorced couples, and children of single-parent families; listings of professional and general publications; selected nonfiction bibliographies…

Little attention has been focused on the weekend or part-time fathers related to divorced one-parent families. Part-time fathers were interviewed. Selected findings are presented. The scant literature related to the topic is reviewed. (Author)

Included are two comprehensive bibliographies for the marriage and divorce counselor. The one on more recent books on the subject of divorce has been annotated by the author, while the list on assorted materials contains only citations. (HMV)

Discusses the emotional impact of divorce on children and adolescents and, after reviewing the literature and findings from a five-year longitudinal study, describes the implications of the spiraling divorce rate for practice, research, and social policy. (Author)

Discusses various adolescent novels that deal with divorce and explains how they might help high school students adjust to its trauma. (FL)

This bibliography of research on family crises includes theoretical and clinical material as well as research devoted to substantive crisis areas. Over 400 entries are grouped under 15 separate categories: theoretical and clinical, alcoholism, death and dying, divorce, exceptional children, illness, mental illness, widowhood, other situational…

Books which show children and adolescents coping with current social and family problems are discussed. The books deal with the changing structure of families, divorce, children's loneliness, urban problems, death, and other issues. (PP)

This annotated bibliography includes a list of books on parenting which are available in professional libraries. Citations are grouped into four categories: books written for parents; books written for the professional educator; books dealing with special situations, such as divorce, death, and the single parent; and books on interaction in…

Addressing the effects of rapidly escalating divorce rates on children, this 86-item annotated bibliography looks at using bibliotherapy individually, in designated groups, or for whole classes as a means of providing support and growth for preadolescents. Topics and specific problems addressed by the entries in the annotated bibliography include:…

There are difficulties confronting gay parents when they seek custody of their children in a divorce suit. Court decisions are running about 50-50 in favor of the gay parent. Homophobia, the fear of same-sex intimacy or relationships, is rather strong in our society. The scant research done on gay families shows no negative effects on the children…

This document presents a divorce adjustment model which attempts to account for the wide range of factors influencing an individual's progress in the post-divorce adjustment process. Following a brief overview of related research, components of the divorce adjustment model are defined and propositions related to these components are discussed.…

Reviewed literature dealing with one-parent families. Found few studies in which children living in one-parent families were interviewed about their lives. Studied 40 children, aged 12-18 years, living in middle class, urban, separated or divorced one-parent families. Highlights responses of children to four open-ended questions. (Author)