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Parental Postdivorce Adjustment In Joint and Sole Physical Custody Families

WILLIAM S. COYSH

Center for the Family in Transition

JANET R. JOHNSTON

Center for the Family in Transition

JEANNE M. TSCHANN

Center for the Family in Transition

JUDITH S. WALLERSTEIN

Center for the Family in Transition

MARSHA KLINE

Center for the Family in Transition

The postdivorce adjustment of 149 men and 149 women with joint or sole physical custody of their children was examined along two dimensions: parents' individual adjustment and their relationships with ex-spouses. A multivariate multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relative impact of custody arrangements in the context of men's and women's pre- and postseparation psychological, social, and occupational functioning. Shared custody arrangements (whether joint or sole physical custody), and access of parents to their children had no significant relationship to parents' postdivorce adjustment or relationships with their ex-spouses. However, there was strong evidence for a marked continuity in parents' functioning before and after divorce; that is, prior levels of individual functioning were indicators of postdivorce adjustments and relationship to the ex-spouse. Also, it was estimated that the quality of relationship with a new partner had different effects on men's and women's postdivorce adjustment.

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 10, No. 1, 52-71 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/019251389010001003
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