Not exact matches
Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., a recognized expert
on parenting, explains that one
of the
predictors of a father's relationship with his children after
divorce is the mother's facilitation or obstruction
of the relationship.
Based
on John Gottman's research
on what he calls «The Four Horsemen
of the Apocalypse» which are high
predictors of divorce.
Gottman argues that this is the single best
predictor of divorce and can be seen even early
on in a relationship.
While
divorce itself places children at risk for various psychological difficulties, research has shown that the strongest
predictor of child maladjustment after
divorce is exposure to high levels
of inter-parental conflict, particularly when the conflict is hostile, aggressive, poorly resolved, and focused
on issues pertaining to the children.
Given the extensive research attention
on the negative associations between parental
divorce and child adjustment, surprisingly little focus has been directed to investigating
predictors of relationship dissolutions in the specific context
of caring for children.
On today's episode, we're going to discuss the 4
predictors of divorce and how to not only prevent
divorce by make your marriage more enjoyable, even when you have a perpetual problem like how to parent.
To determine the factors that make
divorce more likely and the effects — positive and negative —
of ending your marriage, we dug into years
of research
on the
predictors and consequences
of marital dissolution.
Even if you not quite ready to commit to couples or marriage therapy right now, you can always listen to learn and understand how to make things better in your marriage, you can go to YouTube and search
on relationship experts like Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Sue Johnson, for example, and listen to hours
of short video clips that can shed some light
on the subject
of relationships and what it takes to build stronger connections, healthier relationships and give you some insight into what behaviors are
predictors of divorce.
The research that does exist focuses
on clinical issues associated with romantic love such as hypomania, sleep problems, depression, and anxiety (Bajoghli, Joshaghani, Mohammadi, Holsboer - Trachsler, & Brand, 2011; Bajoghli et al., 2014; Bajoghli et al., 2013; Brand et al., 2015), determinants
of marital satisfaction (e.g., frequency
of positive interactions; Tadinac et al., 2012), and maladaptive schemas as a
predictor of divorce (Yoosefi, Etemadi, Bahrami, Fatehizade, & Ahmadi, 2010).
An investigation
on early maladaptive schema in marital relationship as
predictors of divorce.
We know from the literature
on divorce that one
of the best
predictors of a child doing well post-
divorce is to have a positive relationship with both parents.