Marriage, divorce, and children's adjustment
By: Robert E. Emery.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Developmental clinical psychology and psychiatry ;; v. 14
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Children of divorced parents -- Mental health; Adjustment (Psychology) in children; Family -- Psychological aspects
Description: "The research-based book on children and divorce, completely updated with the most recent findings from psychology, sociology, economics, and the law. This second edition presents an integrated, multidisciplinary account of children's experience of divorce including historical, cultural, and detailed demographic perspectives. The author highlights children's resilience, yet is sensitive to children's pain throughout the divorce process and beyond. Robert E.

Emery reviews the psychological, social, economic, and legal consequences of divorce, and examines how children's risk or resilience is predicted by interparental conflict, relationships with both parents, financial strain, legal/physical custody, and other factors."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-152) and index.