Enduring conflict in parental separation: pathways of impact on child development McIntosh, Jennifer 2003, Enduring conflict in parental separation: pathways of impact on child development, Journal of family studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 63-80, doi: 10.5172/jfs.9.1.63. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Enduring conflict in parental separation: pathways of impact on child development Author(s) McIntosh, Jennifer orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-5003 Journal name Journal of family studies Volume number 9 Issue number 1 Start page 63 End page 80 Total pages 18 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2003-04 ISSN 1322-9400 1839-3543 Keyword(s) children divorce parental conflict development adjustment Summary There are established research truths about parental conflict and its impact on children which are increasingly respected in practice: divorce does not have to be harmful; parental conflict is a more potent predictor of child adjustment than is divorce; conflict resolution is important to children’s coping with divorce. This synopsis of recent research moves beyond these truths, to a review of emerging “news” from the literature, with a focus on known impacts of entrenched parental conflict on children’s development and capacity to adjust to separation. The findings are illustrated by the case of two siblings, Jack and Rachel1, seen in short-term therapy by the author, in the period following their parents’ highly conflictive separation. From a practitioner’s chair, the news is more than noteworthy. It provides compelling arguments for a move beyond truisms about parental conflict and children’s adjustment, beyond wishful myths of resilience, to look at the process of impact on development, within the context of parental dispute and family restructure. Language eng DOI 10.5172/jfs.9.1.63 Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 1117 Public Health And Health Services 1607 Social Work 1608 Sociology Socio Economic Objective 920501 Child Health HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2003, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30091130 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 08 Feb 2017, 12:44:34 EST Thu, 09 Feb 2017, 04:00:37 EST Thu, 09 Feb 2017, 05:05:58 EST Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 09:53:29 EST Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 09:57:57 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 130 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 08 Feb 2017, 12:44:34 EST

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