Given the number of divorces that occur each year as well as the high rates of intimate
partner violence, it is critical that divorce/separation and victimization be considered in …

I use a divorce‐stress‐adjustment perspective to summarize and organize the empirical
literature on the consequences of divorce for adults and children. My review draws on …

Between 25% and 41% of women reporta lifetime history of physical or sexual assault by an
intimate partner (Richardson et al., 2002; Tjaden & Thoennes, 2000; Wilt & Olson, 1996) …

DIVThis comprehensive book provides a balanced overview of the current research on
divorce. The authors examine the scientific evidence to uncover what can be said with …

The adjustment and prosocial behaviour of 4-year-old children and their older siblings
growing up in step-parent or single-parent families, or with two biological parents, was …

Background: Children's relationships with their nonresident fathers, and associations
between these relationships, children's relationships with mothers and stepfathers, and the …

Children's reports on their experiences in different family settings (stepfamilies, single-parent
families, and intact families), their contact with friends, and the quality of their friendships …

Utilizing the 2008 National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the
current study compares past year rates of 7 forms of child victimization (maltreatment …

We examine the life course transitions into and from families headed by unmarried
cohabiting couples for a recent cohort of American children. Life table estimates, based on …

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence and etiology of pre-and postpartum depressive symptoms in
women in a variety of family forms have been well documented, but relatively little research …