Impact of Divorce and Mother’s Psychological Well-Being on Children’s Emotional, Behavioral, and Social Competences
Autori:
Anda Maria JURMA
Cod: ISSN: 1583-3410 (print), ISSN: 1584-5397 (electronic)
Dimensiuni: pp. 69-82
How to cite this article:Jurma, A.M. (2015). Impact of Divorce and Mother’s Psychological Well-Being on Children’s Emotional, Behavioral, and Social Competences. Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 48, 69-82. |
Abstract:
Parental divorce was known for over 40 years as being the cause of some
serious, long lasting behavioural, emotional, social and academic problems in
children. The aim of this study was to identify the consequences of divorce upon
children, mothers’ wellbeing and the parenting styles. We have studied a group of
79 children and adolescents selected from one school in Timisoara (Romania),
aged between 7-15 years, and their mothers. The children were divided into two
groups: 41 children and adolescents from divorced families and a control group of
38 children and adolescents from two parents (“normal”) families. The following
instruments were used: Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) to measure
the children’s emotions, behaviour and social competencies; Symptom Checklist
(SCL-90-R) to measure the mother’s psychological wellbeing; The Parenting
Scale to identify the parenting style used by mothers in the educational process.
The results showed that children from divorced families have more emotional
problems compared with children coming from two parents families; the divorced
mothers have higher scores at all psychological problems compared with married
mother and are more likely to be over reactive or have more hostility in their
parenting style, while the married mothers are more lax in their parenting style.
Emotional and behavioural problems of children from divorced families were
strongly correlated with their mother’s problems. In conclusion, the psychological
wellbeing of divorced mothers have a certain influence on the child’s adjustment,
and thus, on the ability of the children to cope with the divorce situation.
Keywords:
divorce, children, resilience, parenting, mother wellbeing.
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