Divorce in Families of Children with Down Syndrome: A Population-Based Study

Autor/inn/en	Urbano, Richard C.; Hodapp, Robert M.
Titel	Divorce in Families of Children with Down Syndrome: A Population-Based Study
Quelle	In: American Journal on Mental Retardation, 112 (2007) 4, S.261-274 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-8017
DOI	10.1352/0895-8017(2007)112[261:DIFOCW]2.0.CO;2
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Family Structure; Fathers; Divorce; Down Syndrome; Incidence; Congenital Impairments; Comparative Analysis; Children; Parent Child Relationship; Predictor Variables; Age Differences; Educational Attainment; Mothers; Gender Differences; Place of Residence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Ehescheidung; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom; Vorkommen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Prädiktor; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Mother; Mutter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Wohnort
Abstract	In this study, we examined the nature, timing, and correlates of divorce in families of children with Down syndrome (647), other birth defects (10,283) and no identified disability (361,154). Divorce rates among families of children with Down syndrome were lower than in the other two groups. When divorce did occur in the Down syndrome group, however, a higher proportion occurred within the first 2 years after the child's birth. Mothers and fathers of children with Down syndrome were much more likely to divorce if they were younger, had not graduated from high school, and if fathers were less educated and lived in a rural area. Few effects on divorce were noted for a variety of family structure variables. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10