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Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact
Dissertation (MSD (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23977 Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact Prinsloo, Christina Elizabeth wilma@westcol.co.za Van Jaarsveld, Anna Wilhelmina Middle childhood Transition Divorce Intact family Co-parenting UCTD Dissertation (MSD (Play Therapy))--University of Pretoria, 2008. The rationale for the choice of the topic is embedded in the researcher’s practical experience. It is a fact that divorce has a definite influence on all children; however it has become clear to the researcher that the degree to which parents are able to handle their divorce minimises these effects on the children. In this research the researcher explored whether children tend to adjust to divorce with less difficulty when they are able to maintain the family relations. The procedure of obtaining the information required for the research was done through utilising both the qualitative and quantitative approaches. The researcher has done an in-depth study of a family who succeeded in minimising the impact of changing from an intact family to a divorced family. The dominant approach was done in the form of a case study and the data was collected through unstructured interviews and observations. The interviews were recorded and the responses analysed in terms of themes and sub-themes. For the quantitative data standardised measuring instruments, namely the Hudson Scales for children’s attitude towards their parents, were used to explore the parent-child relationship after divorce. These responses were analysed according to the prescribed format by Perspective College. At the end of the study the researcher was able to draw conclusions and make recommendations to professionals involved in working with families that go through a divorce, on the aspects that can make the transition during parental divorce less traumatic. Social Work and Criminology unrestricted 2013-09-06T16:18:31Z 2008-07-22 2013-09-06T16:18:31Z 2007-09-05 2008-07-22 2008-04-16 Dissertation a 2007 E788/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23977 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04162008-131843/ © University of Pretoria 2007 E788/ application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Middle childhood Transition Divorce Intact family Co-parenting UCTD Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title | Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title_full | Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title_fullStr | Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title_short | Divorce and children in middle childhood : parents' contribution to minimise the impact |
| title_sort | divorce and children in middle childhood parents contribution to minimise the impact |
| topic | Middle childhood Transition Divorce Intact family Co-parenting UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23977 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04162008-131843/ |