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Parent-child separation has long-term effects on child well-being, even if there is subsequent reunification. After being separated, reunited children can experience difficulty with emotional attachment to their parents, self-esteem, and physical and psychological health (Smith, Lalonde, & Johnson, 2004; Gubernskaya & Debry, 2017). For some ...
Une séparation parentale implique une recomposition des temps partagés avec le père et avec la mère. Quels sont les mécanismes à l’œuvre et les effets observés ?
Unplanned separation from parents is among the most damaging events a young child can experience, according to trauma research. A Stanford expert explains how it can hurt kids’ development. In providing a supportive and nurturing relationship, parents play a critical role in promoting their children’s healthy development.
familyrelationsinstitute.org DownloadEvery year thousands of children are separated from their parents, by both government policy and parental choices. The outcomes of these separations include interpersonal dysfunction, psychiatric disorder, and high rates of incarceration. In this review, we ask how many children are separated from their parents, the reasons for separation, and ...
We show that parental temporary separation is a type of family disruption that has significant negative effects on young children. In fact, we infer that they have more conduct and hyperactivity problems than children from stable or divorced families.
Parental separation is associated with more mental health problems in children and adolescents [1]. For example, studies have shown that adolescents with separated parents have a higher risk of emotional and behavioural problems and have a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders than peers living in non-separated two-parent families [2, 3].
According to a meta-analysis (a study combining the results of many studies on the same topic), diferences in the health and well-being of children having experienced parental separation and other children, after having decreased in the 1980s, increased in the decade of the 1990s (Amato, 2001).
Research into the effects of parental separation on children’s wellbeing is particularly challenging, and shortcomings in many past studies have contributed to controversy in this area.
“Based on empirical evidence of the psychological harm that children and parents experience when separated,” wrote experts from the American Psychological Association in a letter to...
We show that parental temporary separation is a type of family disruption that has significant negative effects on young children. In fact, we infer that they have more conduct and hyperactivity problems than children from stable or divorced families.