Postdivorce Parent-Child Contact and Child Well-being: The Importance of Predivorce Parental Involvement

被引:25
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作者
Poortman, Anne-Rigt [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Utrecht, Dept Sociol, Interuniv Ctr Social Sci Theory & Methodol, POB 80-140, NL-3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands
关键词
child well-being; divorce; parent involvement; parents; FAMILY INSTABILITY; FATHER INVOLVEMENT; DIVORCE; METAANALYSIS; SEPARATION; CUSTODY; SUPPORT; TIME;
D O I
10.1111/jomf.12474
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
Frequent parent-child contact after divorce is generally assumed to be in children's best interests, but findings are mixed. This study extends the small body of research about the conditions under which parent-child contact is more beneficial or less beneficial by examining the role of predivorce parental involvement. It is argued that the more a parent was involved in child rearing in the past, the more important postdivorce parent-child contact is for child well-being. Data from the Netherlands (N = 3,694) show that when children live with the parent who was not the primary caretaker, child well-being is lower. Similarly, the more the father used to be involved in child rearing, the more beneficial nonresident father-child contact is for children. These findings suggest that it is not so much the frequency of contact per se that matters for child well-being but, rather, the extent to which postdivorce residence arrangements reflect predivorce parenting arrangements.
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页码:671 / 683
页数:13
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