TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Psychological effects of custody disputes on children
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Wolman, Richard
A1  - Taylor, Keith
SP  - 399
EP  - 417
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - This two-group, repeated measures examination of the psychological impact of child custody contests on children reports a subset of data from an ongoing longitudinal study of 95 children and their parents from 43 divorcing families. The authors report clinical observations concerning children's experience of custody litigation, as well as comparisons of baseline and post-test responses of contested and uncontested groups on measures of locus of control, separation anxiety and family concept. Contested children exhibited significantly greater internality of control orientation than the normative sample. Contested children's test scores also suggested significantly less separation anxiety and significantly more positive family concept than the uncontested group at post-test. The implications of these unanticipated findings are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2370090405
ID  - ref1
ER  -