SMF204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Canadian Studies

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies
• Course: SMF204
• Professor: Denise Whitehead

Document Summary

Participants had to meet three criteria: participants experienced their parents" separation/divorce between the ages of seven years and. Two hour private interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire. 36 a payment of was given to all of the participants at the start of the interview to compensate for his/her time. The interviews incorporated the construction of a timeline because the retrospective nature of the interviews covered six or more years. The timeline consisted of a large piece of blank drawing paper on which a black line had been drawn in the centre. Given their young ages, virtually none of the participants had detailed information on the formalities of how arrangements were reached. Many of the young adults recounted being consulted about their preferences, but this largely seemed to be a formality, as parents had already fairly amicably made the decision about custody.