SLWK 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Elder Abuse, Child Neglect, Coparenting
Document Summary
Gottman: dysfunctional marriages: predictors of divorce/dissolution (empiric) In his seattle lab, gottman observed many couples arguing and related. The four horsemen of the marital apocalypse: criticism, contempt, their argument style to future dissolution of their marriage. defensiveness, and stonewalling. Family ties after divorce: long term implications for children. In-depth interviews with all family members at 1, 3, 5, 20 years post. Themes from children: at time of divorce. relationship. Desire for respect between parents more than rekindling of. Emotional safety of home environments and transitions between the two were far more important than the actual time spent with either parent. 50% of children reported improved relationships with fathers post divorce. Relationships between children and father were strongly correlated with level of conflict in parental relationship- more conflict between parents jeopardized father"s relationship with children. Great variation in impact of remarriage with factors including amount of time post divorce, personalities, gender, conflict in coparenting relationship.
