Table of Contents

• I. Family Well-Being, Development, and Disruption: An Introduction
• Children of Divorce and Single-Parent Lifestyles: Facilitating Well-Being
• Sequelae to Marital Disruption in Children
• The Impact of Divorce on Children at Various Stages of the Family Life Cycle
• II. Children’s Perceptions of the Divorce Experience
• Children’s Definitions of Family Following Divorce of Their Parents
• Effects of Family Structure on Children’s Self-Concepts
• Family Dysfunctional Patterns During Divorce—From the View of the Children
• Divorce, Custody, and Visitation: The Child’s Point of View
• III. Family Structure and Interactional Patterns: Post Divorce
• A Comparison of Children Living in Single-Mother and Single-Father Families
• Comparing the Effects on the Child of Post-Divorce Parenting Arrangements
• Siblings’ Reactions to Parental Divorce
• Sibling Interactions in Married and Divorced Families: Influence of Ordinal Position, Socioeconomic Status, and Play Context
• Mothers’ Behavior and Sons’ Adjustment Following Divorce
• Intimacy in Young Adult Males’ Relationships as a Function of Divorced and Non-Divorced Family of Origin Structure
• IV. Determinants of Children’s Adjustment to Divorce
• Parental and Environmental Determinants of Children’s Behavioral, Affective, and Cognitive Adjustment to Divorce
• The Impact of Divorce on Children’s Academic Performance
• Effects of Post-Divorce Relationships on Child Adjustment
• The Effect of Children’s Family Type on Teachers’ Stereotypes
• The Adversarial Legal Process and Divorce: Negative Effects Upon the Psychological Adjustment of Children