Long-term Effects of Childhood Parental Divorce on Adult Men and Women
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Authors
Weiss, Alison E.
Issue Date
1996
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
The present study investigated gender differences in the long-term
effects of childhood parental divorce. A sample of adult children
from divorced and intact families was drawn from two separate
studies, one studying daughters, the other studying sons.
Participants' responses to card 4 of the Thematic Apperception Test
(TAT), a projective personality instrument, were coded for conflict,
conflict resolution and romantic triangles. Results indicated a main
effect for gender and parental marital status. Regardless of parental
marital status, the women participants were more likely to express
conflict than were the men. The adult children from divorced
families, regardless of gender, were more likely to express conflict
than were the adult children from intact families. Men, in general,
were more likely. than women to anticipate separation as the result
of interpersonal conflict. Divorce offspring, regardless of gender,
differed from intact offspring in the type of conflict expressed,
separation as a result of conflict and the prevalence of romantic
triangles. The evidence for the impact of divorce is consistent with
prior studies.
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vi, 39 p.
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