The following factors HAVE been consistently related to positive
child adjustment post-divorce:
Not exact matches
The ability of parents to interact with each other greatly impacts on the
child's
post-divorce adjustment.
Therefore, the quantity and quality of the time the
children spend with each parent is essential to a healthy post-separation and
post-divorce adjustment for them.
According to a 2004 report by the American Psychological Association, low levels of parental conflict during and after a divorce are key factors in a
child's
post-divorce adjustment
Wallerstein: The quality of the
child's relationship to a nurturing parent has been established to be among the best predictors of their thriving and their ability to recover from marital conflict or parental psychopathology (Furstenburg Cherlin 1991, Johnston and Kline) Furthermore,
children's
post-divorce adjustment is tied to the overall quality of life in the custodial home including the creation of a nurturing, protective milieu.
Johnston, Wallerstein and Blakeslee: Joint custody and frequent visitation exchanges have been demonstrated not to further the
children's
post-divorce adjustment except in cases in which both parents support such a plan, and in fact, may lead to markedly worse outcomes for cases in which the tensions between parents remain high.
Conflict is the most critical determining factor in
children's
adjustment post-divorce, not the divorce itself or the residential parenting routine of custody.
The ability of parents to interact with each other greatly impacts on the
child's
post-divorce adjustment.
The Cooperative Parenting and Divorce program is a video - based, psychoeducational program designed to assist divorcing or divorced parents in reducing parental conflict and the risk factors that influence the
child's
post-divorce adjustment.
It is a profession designed to assist parents in high - conflict situations establish and maintain a healthy relationship by reducing parental conflict and the risk factors that influence a
child's
post-divorce adjustment.
Parenting Coordinators assist parents establish and maintain a healthy co-parenting relationship by reducing parental conflict and the risk factors that influence a
child's
post-divorce adjustment.
The conflict between parents prior to divorce also affects
children negatively, while
post-divorce conflict has a strong influence on
children's
adjustment, Hughes says.
Judith Wallerstein, Founder and Senior Consultant at the Center for the Family in Transition, told the Commission that she has seen no evidence that any particular form of custody was uniformly helpful to the
post-divorce adjustment of
children.
The reasons for these differences include: the
child's personality and temperament, gender, parenting styles, and a families
post-divorce adjustment.