Divorce, Family Structure, and the Academic Success of Children

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Study
Chronological Highlights
Historical and Contemporary Facts Regarding Family Structure
Chapter 2. Research Regarding the Effects of Family Structure on Children
The Effects of Divorce on Academic Achievement: Research Results
The Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on Academic Achievement
The Emotional and Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children
Circumstances That Can Influence the Effects of Divorce
The Influence of Time on the Effects of Divorce
The Effects of Divorce by Race
Chapter 3. Methodological Issues in Research on Divorce and Family Structure
Theory and Research Literature
Relevant Research Syntheses and Meta-Analyses
Methods
Models
Chapter 4. The Problems with Using Socioeconomic Status in Research
The Importance of Using SES Variables
The Issue of Causality
Predisruption versus Postdisruption Variables
Chapter 5. Problems Involving Analysis of Socioeconomic Status
Predisruption SES Variables
Results Using the Postdisruption SES Measures
Obtaining Effects for Divorce Using a Predisruption Control for SES
Discussion
Chapter 6. Determining the Effects for Remarriage
Results for Study Number 1
Discussion
Results for Study Number 2
Discussion
Chapter 7. Remarriage and Mobility
Hypotheses and Analyses Undertaken
Results
Discussion
Chapter 8. The Effects of Living with Neither Parent on Academic Achievement
Results
Discussion
Chapter 9. The Effects of the Most Common Family Structures on Academic Achievement
Theoretical Framework
Family Structure Variables
Discussion
Chapter 10. Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on Academic Achievement
Methods and Data Sources
Models
Results
Discussion
Chapter 11. Testing Other Important Hypotheses
The Proper Category Hypothesis
Custodial Parent's Gender Hypothesis
The Distinction Hypothesis
Chapter 12. What Does It All Mean?
Consequences of Underestimating Influence of Family Structure
Sensitizing Educators to the Challenges of Children from Nontraditional Families
Alternative Ways to Control for SES
Summary
References
Index