Consequences of Parental Divorce for Child Development

Autor/in	Kim, Hyun Sik
Titel	Consequences of Parental Divorce for Child Development
Quelle	In: American Sociological Review, 76 (2011) 3, S.487-511 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224
DOI	10.1177/0003122411407748
Schlagwörter	Divorce; Least Squares Statistics; Kindergarten; Child Development; Parent Influence; Cognitive Development; Young Children; Developmental Stages; Influences; Social Development; Emotional Development; Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ehescheidung; Kindesentwicklung; Kognitive Entwicklung; Frühe Kindheit; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung
Abstract	In this article, I propose a three-stage estimation model to examine the effect of parental divorce on the development of children's cognitive skills and noncognitive traits. Using a framework that includes pre-, in-, and post-divorce time periods, I disentangle the complex factors affecting children of divorce. I use the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class 1998 to 1999 (ECLS-K), a multiwave longitudinal dataset, to assess the three-stage model. To evaluate the parameters of interest more rigorously, I employ a stage-specific ordinary least squares (OLS) model, a counterfactual matching estimator, and a piece-wise growth curve model. Within some combinations of developmental domains and stages, in particular from the in-divorce stage onward, I find negative effects of divorce even after accounting for selection factors that influence children's skills and traits at or before the beginning of the dissolution process. These negative outcomes do not appear to intensify or abate in the ensuing study period. (Contains 6 tables, 2 figures and 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10