Disclosure of divorce plans to children: What the children have to say

Twenty adults from eight families who had experienced the divorce of their parents when they were younger were interviewed using a guided interview format. At least two siblings from each family except one were interviewed. Qualitative analyses of data revealed interesting themes around the question...

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Published inContemporary family therapy Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 525 - 542
Main Authors WESTBERG, Heather, NELSON, Thorana S, PIERCY, Kathleen W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Springer 01.12.2002
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Children
Couple and family
Experiences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
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Parental divorce
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social psychology
Social environment
Human
Parental behavior
Divorce
Social interaction
Family environment
Self disclosure
Qualitative analysis
Parent child relation
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Summary:Twenty adults from eight families who had experienced the divorce of their parents when they were younger were interviewed using a guided interview format. At least two siblings from each family except one were interviewed. Qualitative analyses of data revealed interesting themes around the questions of how the participants were told about the impending separation or divorce, who told them, whether or not siblings were present, how they reacted to the news, and how they would have preferred being told. (Original abstract - amended)
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ISSN:0892-2764
1573-3335
DOI:10.1023/A:1021271411917