gs of the study indicated that across a variety of measures, divorced homes were associated with lower levels of well-being in children than were intact homes. However, the degree of impact was small (median size effect was .14 of a standard deviation).
The size of the effect did differ with differences in design (study characteristics) such that the size of the effect diminished as the degree of methodological sophistication of the study increased. Of the three, theoretical perspectives, data was said to most support the Family Conflict Perspective.
Journal. This journal covered a wide variety of psychological topics and areas and did not limit itself to family dynamics. The articles showed a good deal of variance in length but were uniformly of good quality.
Also, a preliminary review indicated that almost every article was clearly organized and clearly written. Thus, even very technical and sophisticated research was rendered easily readable. This journal would probably be a "must have" for most professional's libraries.
Faller, K.C. (1991). Possible explanations for child sexual abuse allegations in divorce. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 6(1), 86-91.
This article is more theoretical than empirical in nature. Noting that in the last five years, there have been increasingly frequent allegations of child sexual abuse in circumstances of parental divorce, Faller proposes four categories of explanation. Explanations are based on methods involving what is described as a "review of the literature" (no details given), personal
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