References to Divorce Research Literature

  1. Amato, P.R. (1996). Explaining the intergenerational transmission of divorce. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 58, 628-640.
  2. Amato, P.R.., & Booth, A. (1997). A generation of risk.
  3. Bender, W.N. (1994). Joint custody: The option of choice. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 21, 115-131.
  4. Block, J.H., Block, J., & Gjerde, P.F. (1986). The personality of children prior to divorce: a prospective study. Child Development, 57, 827-840.
  5. Bray, J.T. (1988). Children's development during early remarriage. In E.M. Hetherington and J.D. Aratesh (eds), Impact of Divorce, Single Parenting and Stepparenting on Children (279-298). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  6. Buchanan, C.M., Maccoby, E.E., & Dornbusch, S.M. (1992). Adolescents and their families after divorce: Three residential arrangements compared. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2, 261-291.
  7. Clarke-Stewart, K.A., & Hayward, C. (1996). Advantages of father custody and contact for the psychological well-being of school age children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 239-270.
  8. Giles-Sims, J., & Crosbie-Burnett, M. (1989). Adolescent power in step-father families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 1065-1078.
  9. Hetherington, E.M., Cox, M., & Cox, R. (1985). Long-term effects of divorce and remarriage on the adjustment of children. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 24, 518-530.
  10. Hetherington, E.M., Cox, M., & Cox, R. (1979). Play and social interaction in children following divorce. Journal of Social Issues, 35, 26-49.
  11. Hetherington, E.M., & Anderson, E.R. (1988). The effects of divorce and remarriage on early adolescents and their families. In Early Adolescent Transitions.
  12. Needle, R.H., Su, S.S., Doherty, W.J. (1990). Divorce, remarriage, and adolescent substance use. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52, 157-170.
  13. Pink, J. & Wampler, K. (1985). Problem areas in step families: coherence, adaptability, and the adolescent-stepparent relationship. Family Relations, 34, 327-335.
  14. Santrock, J.W., Warshak, R.A., & Elliott, G.L. (1982). Social development and parent-child interaction in father-custody and stepmother families. In: Nontraditional Families: Parenting and Child Development, ed. M.E. Lamb. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 289-331.
  15. Santrock, J.W., Warshak, R.A. (1979) Father custody and social development in boys and girls. Journal of Social Issues, 35, 112-125.
  16. Shaw, D.S., Emery, R.E., & Tuer, M.D. (1993). Parental functioning and children's adjustment in families of divorce: a prospective study.
  17. Steinman, S.B, Zemmelman, S.E., Knoblauch, T.M. (1985). A study of parents who sought joint custody following divorce: Who reaches agreement and sustains joint custody and who returns to court. Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 24, 554-562.
  18. Vuchinich, S., Hetherington, E.M., Vuchinich, R.A., & Clingempeel, W.G. (1991). Parent-child interaction and gender differences in early adolescents' adaptation to stepfamilies. Developmental Psychology, 27, 618-626.
  19. Wallerstein, J.S., & Blakshee (1989). Second Chances: Men, Women, and Children a Decade After Divorce. New York: Ticknor & Fields. (Note: Wallerstein's best-selling overview of her pioneering divorce research.)
  20. Warshak, R.A. & Santrock, J.W. (1983). The impact of divorce in father-custody and mother-custody homes: the child's perspective. In: Children and Divorce, ed. L.A. Kurdek. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 29-46.
  21. Wolchik, S.A., Braver, S.L., Sandler, I.N. (1985). Maternal versus joint custody: Children's postseparation experiences and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child Psychiatry, 14, 5-10.
  22. Wolfinger, N.H. (1997). Trends in the intergenerational transmission of divorce. In submission. (Contact wolfin@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu for reprints).
  23. Wolfinger, N.H. (1997). Family structure homogamy: the effects of parental divorce on partner selection and union duration. In preparation. (Contact wolfin@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu for reprints).
  24. Zaslow, M.J. (1988). Sex differences in children's response to parental divorce: 1. Research methodology and post-divorce family forms. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 58, 355-378.
  25. Zaslow, M.J. (1989). Sex differences in children's response to parental divorce: 2. Samples, variables, ages, and sources. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 59, 118-141.