What matters? What does not? Five perspectives on the association between marital transitions and children's adjustment. Hetherington, E. M., Bridges, M., & Insabella, G. M. American psychologist, 53(2):167–84, USA, 1998.
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This article presents an analysis of 5 views of factors that contribute to the adjustment of children in divorced families or stepfamilies. These perspectives are those that emphasize (a) individual vulnerability and risk; (b) family composition; (c) stress, including socioeconomic disadvantage; (d) parental distress; and (e) disrupted family process. It is concluded that all of these factors contribute to children's adjustment in divorced and remarried families and that a transactional model examining multiple trajectories of interacting risk and protective factors is the most fruitful in predicting the well-being of children.
@article{Hetherington1998What,
  author = {Hetherington, E. M. and Bridges, M. and Insabella, G. M.},
  title = {What matters? What does not? Five perspectives on the association between marital transitions and children's adjustment},
  journal = {American psychologist},
  address = {USA},
  year = {1998},
  volume = {53},
  number = {2},
  pages = {167--84},
  isbn = {0003-066X (Print) 0003-066X (Linking)},
  abstract = {This article presents an analysis of 5 views of factors that contribute to the adjustment of children in divorced families or stepfamilies. These perspectives are those that emphasize (a) individual vulnerability and risk; (b) family composition; (c) stress, including socioeconomic disadvantage; (d) parental distress; and (e) disrupted family process. It is concluded that all of these factors contribute to children's adjustment in divorced and remarried families and that a transactional model examining multiple trajectories of interacting risk and protective factors is the most fruitful in predicting the well-being of children.},
  keywords = {Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child Custody; Divorce/ psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Models, Psychological; Psychology, Child; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Quantitative Research; Short-term Consequences},
  language = {English}
}

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