This research was supported by a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The research and analysis are based on data from Statistics Canada, and the opinions expressed do not represent the views of Statistics Canada.
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Challenging the Presumption of Diminished Capacity to Parent: Does Divorce Really Change Parenting Practices?†
Article first published online: 6 SEP 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00465.x
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Strohschein, L. (2007), Challenging the Presumption of Diminished Capacity to Parent: Does Divorce Really Change Parenting Practices?. Family Relations, 56: 358–368. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00465.x
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- Issue published online: 6 SEP 2007
- Article first published online: 6 SEP 2007
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Keywords:
- children and divorce;
- divorce;
- longitudinal studies;
- parenting practices
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to determine whether divorced parents exhibit a diminished capacity to parent in the period following divorce. Using 2 waves of data from a national survey of Canadian children, the current study prospectively follows 5,004 children living in 2–biological parent households at initial interview and compares changes in parenting practices between households that subsequently divorce and those that remain intact. Results show that divorce is unrelated to changes in parenting behavior, suggesting that there are more similarities than differences in parenting among recently divorced and continuously married parents.