
Surviving The Breakup
How Children And Parents Cope With Divorce
Basic Books (Publisher)
Published on 23. August 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-465-08345-9 (ISBN)
Description
Based on the Children of Divorce Project, a landmark study of sixty families during the first five years after divorce, this enlightening and humane modern classic altered the conventional wisdom on the short- and long-term effects of family dissolution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
378 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-08345-9 (9780465083459)
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Persons
Judith S. Wallerstein, an internationally renowned expert on marriage and divorce, is principal investigator of the Children of Divorce Project. She is the founder of the centre for the Family in Transition, in Corte Madera, California, and the author of the bestselling Second Chances, a follow-up study of the same families in this book ten years after divorce. Her most recent book is The Good Marriage.Joan B. Kelly, co-principal director of the Children of Divorce Project from its inception until 1980, is known internationally for her research, articles, and presentations in the divorce, custody, and mediation areas. She is a past president of the Academy of Family Mediators and is executive director of the Northern California Mediation centre in Corte Madera, California.
Content
Separation * The Beginning * The Ambiance of Divorce * The Childs Experience During the Divorcing Period * How the Children Responded Parents And Children After Separation * Changes in Parent-Child Relationships * The Child and the Custodial Parent * The Visiting Parent * The Childs View of Visiting In Transition * Parents in Transition * Children in Transition Five-Year Follow-Up * Parents After Five Years * Children and Adolescents Reflect on Their Parents Divorce * Children and Adolescents: The Outcome at Five Years * Father-Child Relationship at Five Years * The Child in the School Setting * Remarriage * The Implications of the Findings