SOCB47H3 Study Guide - Dysfunctional Family, Protective Factor, Teen Mom
Document Summary
Adjusting to various changes following divorce: risk factors, absence of non resident parent. Types of relationship before speration effects how often non-resident parent sees child. Contact is greater when child is older. Most adjusted children are those whose families are intact, then those whos non-resident parent is dead then the child whos parents are divorced: trouble parent child relationships. Evident prior to divorce/stress of marital difficulties indirectly influnences parent-child relationships. Father relationships are worse than mothers typically: economic disadvantage. 52% of children with a single mother live below poverty line. 24% of children with single father live below poverty line. 11% of children with a two parent household live below poverty line. Moving to poor neighbourhood; less desirable schools/less money for resrouces/decline in grades/loss of friends/loss of neighbourhood support. Parents may need to work more=decline in parental quality: parental conflict. Pre-divorce conflict hypothesis; children from divorced families should be the same as those from high conflict families.
