[article]
| Titre : |
Parental separation/divorce in childhood and partnership outcomes at age 30 |
| Type de document : |
Texte imprimé et/ou numérique |
| Auteurs : |
David M. FERGUSSON, Auteur ; Geraldine F. H. MCLEOD, Auteur ; L. JOHN HORWOOD, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
p.352-360 |
| Mots-clés : |
Adulthood child development family factors marital relationships longitudinal studies |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Background Previous research has found that children exposed to separation/divorce may also experience relationship problems in adulthood. The aim of this investigation was to examine this issue in a birth cohort of over 900 New Zealand children studied to age 30. Methods Data were gathered over the course of the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). The CHDS is a 30 year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 children born in Christchurch (NZ) in 1977. The data collected included the following: (a) timing and number of parental separations and divorces from birth to 15 years; (b) partnership outcomes (16–30 years) of the number of cohabiting/marriage partnerships; positive partner relations; negative partner relations; partner adjustment/conduct problems; and interpartner violence victimization and perpetration; and (c) potential covariate factors. Results Study findings showed the presence of significant associations between childhood parental separations/divorces and number of cohabiting/marriage partnerships (16–30 years) (p .001), negative partner relations (p = .021), extent of partner adjustment/conduct problems (p .001), and perpetration of interpartner violence (p = .018). Childhood parental separation/divorce explained less than 2.5% of the variance in partnership outcomes. These associations were explained statistically by a series of covariate factors associated with childhood parental separation/divorce including parental history of illicit drug use, childhood sexual abuse, childhood conduct problems (7–9 years), interparental conflict and violence, childhood physical punishment/maltreatment, family socio-economic status at the child's birth, and parental history of criminality. Tests of gender interaction showed that the effect of childhood parental separations/divorces may be the same for males and females. Analysis of the number of childhood parental separations/divorces experienced into three age groups (birth to 5, 5–10 years and 10–15 years) yielded similar results. Conclusions These findings suggest that the general associations between childhood parental separation/divorce and partner relationships in adulthood reflect the consequences of various contextual factors that are associated with childhood parental separation. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12107 |
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https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=229 |
in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 55-4 (April 2014) . - p.352-360
[article] Parental separation/divorce in childhood and partnership outcomes at age 30 [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / David M. FERGUSSON, Auteur ; Geraldine F. H. MCLEOD, Auteur ; L. JOHN HORWOOD, Auteur . - p.352-360. in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry > 55-4 (April 2014) . - p.352-360
| Mots-clés : |
Adulthood child development family factors marital relationships longitudinal studies |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
Background Previous research has found that children exposed to separation/divorce may also experience relationship problems in adulthood. The aim of this investigation was to examine this issue in a birth cohort of over 900 New Zealand children studied to age 30. Methods Data were gathered over the course of the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). The CHDS is a 30 year longitudinal study of a birth cohort of 1265 children born in Christchurch (NZ) in 1977. The data collected included the following: (a) timing and number of parental separations and divorces from birth to 15 years; (b) partnership outcomes (16–30 years) of the number of cohabiting/marriage partnerships; positive partner relations; negative partner relations; partner adjustment/conduct problems; and interpartner violence victimization and perpetration; and (c) potential covariate factors. Results Study findings showed the presence of significant associations between childhood parental separations/divorces and number of cohabiting/marriage partnerships (16–30 years) (p .001), negative partner relations (p = .021), extent of partner adjustment/conduct problems (p .001), and perpetration of interpartner violence (p = .018). Childhood parental separation/divorce explained less than 2.5% of the variance in partnership outcomes. These associations were explained statistically by a series of covariate factors associated with childhood parental separation/divorce including parental history of illicit drug use, childhood sexual abuse, childhood conduct problems (7–9 years), interparental conflict and violence, childhood physical punishment/maltreatment, family socio-economic status at the child's birth, and parental history of criminality. Tests of gender interaction showed that the effect of childhood parental separations/divorces may be the same for males and females. Analysis of the number of childhood parental separations/divorces experienced into three age groups (birth to 5, 5–10 years and 10–15 years) yielded similar results. Conclusions These findings suggest that the general associations between childhood parental separation/divorce and partner relationships in adulthood reflect the consequences of various contextual factors that are associated with childhood parental separation. |
| En ligne : |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12107 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=229 |
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Parental separation/divorce in childhood and partnership outcomes at age 30 in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 55-4 (April 2014)
