TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of joint versus sole custody and quality of co‐parental relationship on adjustment of adolescents in remarried families
AU - Crosbie‐Burnett, Margaret
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - The effects of legal custody arrangement and quality of the co-parental relationship on the adjustment of adolescents in remarried families was examined. Joint custody was associated with better relationships with step-parents and more family cohesion. Girls in sole custody families and boys in joint custody families reported high anxiety. Girls in sole custody families reported the remarriage to have a negative effect on their relationships with their custodial biological parents. Hostility in the co-parental relationship was associated with more loyalty conflicts and more increase in psychosomatic and psychosocial problems around the time of the remarriage.
AB - The effects of legal custody arrangement and quality of the co-parental relationship on the adjustment of adolescents in remarried families was examined. Joint custody was associated with better relationships with step-parents and more family cohesion. Girls in sole custody families and boys in joint custody families reported high anxiety. Girls in sole custody families reported the remarriage to have a negative effect on their relationships with their custodial biological parents. Hostility in the co-parental relationship was associated with more loyalty conflicts and more increase in psychosomatic and psychosocial problems around the time of the remarriage.
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U2 - 10.1002/bsl.2370090407
DO - 10.1002/bsl.2370090407
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025989389
VL - 9
SP - 439
EP - 449
JO - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
JF - Behavioral Sciences and the Law
SN - 0735-3936
IS - 4
ER -