The Consequences of Divorce for Adults and Children

By Paul R. Amato. 2000

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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The topography of the divorce plateau: Levels and trends in union stability in the United States after 1980 (2003, background): “In light of the importance of family stability for the lives of both adults and children (Amato 2000), it is surprising that there has been little attention in the recent literature to either subgroup differences in the cumulative probability of divorce or to changes in relative risks over time.”
Do divorcing couples become happier by breaking up? (2006, neutral): “Amato (2000) and Wang and Amato (2000) examined the role of individuals’ attitudes in predicting who will recover most fully from divorce.”
Family Structure, Community Context, and Adolescent Problem Behaviors (2006, neutral): “among adolescents (Amato, 2000).”
THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN: AN UPDATE (2014, background): “How do the effect sizes from European studies compare with the effect sizes generated by American research? Amato (2001) reported the results of a meta-analysis that focused on studies of children and divorce conducted in the United States during the 1990s. His analysis found that the average unweig”
Children's Adjustment Following Divorce: Risk and Resilience Perspectives (2003, neutral): “However, painful reﬂections on a difﬁcult past are not the same as an inability to feel and function competently in the present.”
The emotional sequelae of nonmarital relationship dissolution: Analysis of change and intraindividual variability over time. (2005, methodology): “The AMT is a reliable assessment tool and highly correlated with depression during the divorce process (Kitson; Wang & Amato, 2000).”
Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives. (2011, background): “This is related to the rise of unstable forms of unions such as unmarried cohabitation (Heuveline and Timberlake, 2004), the ‘retreat from marriage’ (Gibson-Davis et al ., 2005) and increases in the level of divorce (Amato, 2000).”
Parental Involvement, Family Structure, and Adolescent Sexual Decision Making (2006, result): “Though existing research suggests that male and female adolescents respond differently to living in an “alternative” family structure, whether boys or girls are more strongly affected depends on the outcome (Amato 2000; Davis and Friel 2001; Simons et al. 1994).”
Are the Negative Effects of Divorce on Well-Being Dependent on Marital Quality?. (2006, positive): “Insofar as we know, four studies have formally tested the interaction effect, excluding those studies providing indirect evidence (Booth & Amato, 1991: Ren, 1997). The first study comes from Wheaton (1990), who analyzed Canadian panel data.”
Partnership Transitions and Mental Distress: Investigating Temporal Order (2008, methodology): “Using the same data as Booth and Amato (1991) but with a fourth wave added, Johnson an Wu (2002) reported, o the other hand, that the ffect of divorce on psychological dist ess”
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children's Education (2019, background): “Studies have found that the negative association between parental absence from the home and children’s educational outcomes is significantly weaker for minority children than white children (e.g., Amato, 2000; Shaw, Winslow, & Flanagan, 1999; Sun & Li, 2007).”
Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations (2003, background): “This is particularly surprising given negative economic, emotional, and health outcomes associated with divorce (Amato, 2000; Holden & Smock, 1991; Waite, 1995), evidence of higher levels of disruption among Blacks than Whites (Bramlett & Mosher, 2002; Raley & Bumpass, 2003), and the considerable at”
Avoidance among adolescents in conversations about their parents’ relationship: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2009, background): “Since the relationship between exspouses is often strained (Amato, 2000; Cummings & Davies, 2002) and adolescents in these situations are more likely than those from intact families to feel caught between their parents (T.”