TY - JOUR
T1 - Divorce process variables and the co-parental relationship and parental role fulfillment of divorced parents
AU - Baum, Nehami
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This study examines the association between two sets of divorce process variables, a) initiation of and responsibility for the divorce and b) difficulty and duration of the legal procedure, and divorced spouses' co-parental relationship and parental functioning. In a random sample of 50 former couples, in Israel, findings showed that the longer and more conflictual the legal proceedings, the worse the co-parental relationship in the view of both parents. They also showed that mothers' parental functioning was not significantly associated with any of the divorce variables, but fathers' were. The more responsibility the father assumed for the divorce and the more he viewed himself as the initiator, the more he fulfilled his parental functions. The findings are interpreted in the discussion, and their theoretical and practical implications considered.
AB - This study examines the association between two sets of divorce process variables, a) initiation of and responsibility for the divorce and b) difficulty and duration of the legal procedure, and divorced spouses' co-parental relationship and parental functioning. In a random sample of 50 former couples, in Israel, findings showed that the longer and more conflictual the legal proceedings, the worse the co-parental relationship in the view of both parents. They also showed that mothers' parental functioning was not significantly associated with any of the divorce variables, but fathers' were. The more responsibility the father assumed for the divorce and the more he viewed himself as the initiator, the more he fulfilled his parental functions. The findings are interpreted in the discussion, and their theoretical and practical implications considered.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00117.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2003.00117.x
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C2 - 12698603
AN - SCOPUS:0242380651
SN - 0014-7370
VL - 42
SP - 117
EP - 131
JO - Family Process
JF - Family Process
IS - 1
ER -