Divorce, Family Structure, and the Academic Success of Children

ISBN-13: 9780789014870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 228 str.

William Jeynes

Opis

Here is a comprehensive volume that brings research on this hotly debated topic up to date. With clear tables and incisive arguments, it is a single-volume reference on the history, methodology, and current theory on this vexing sociocultural problem.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Study
• Chronological Highlights
• Historical and Contemporary Facts Regarding Family Structure
• Chapter 2. Research Regarding the Effects of Family Structure on Children
• The Effects of Divorce on Academic Achievement: Research Results
• The Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on Academic Achievement
• The Emotional and Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children
• Circumstances That Can Influence the Effects of Divorce
• The Influence of Time on the Effects of Divorce
• The Effects of Divorce by Race
• Chapter 3. Methodological Issues in Research on Divorce and Family Structure
• Theory and Research Literature
• Relevant Research Syntheses and Meta-Analyses
• Methods
• Models
• Chapter 4. The Problems with Using Socioeconomic Status in Research
• The Importance of Using SES Variables
• The Issue of Causality
• Predisruption versus Postdisruption Variables
• Chapter 5. Problems Involving Analysis of Socioeconomic Status
• Predisruption SES Variables
• Results Using the Postdisruption SES Measures
• Obtaining Effects for Divorce Using a Predisruption Control for SES
• Discussion
• Chapter 6. Determining the Effects for Remarriage
• Results for Study Number 1
• Discussion
• Results for Study Number 2
• Discussion
• Chapter 7. Remarriage and Mobility
• Hypotheses and Analyses Undertaken
• Results
• Discussion
• Chapter 8. The Effects of Living with Neither Parent on Academic Achievement
• Results
• Discussion
• Chapter 9. The Effects of the Most Common Family Structures on Academic Achievement
• Theoretical Framework
• Family Structure Variables
• Discussion
• Chapter 10. Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on Academic Achievement
• Methods and Data Sources
• Models
• Results
• Discussion
• Chapter 11. Testing Other Important Hypotheses
• The Proper Category Hypothesis
• Custodial Parent's Gender Hypothesis
• The Distinction Hypothesis
• Chapter 12. What Does It All Mean?
• Consequences of Underestimating Influence of Family Structure
• Sensitizing Educators to the Challenges of Children from Nontraditional Families
• Alternative Ways to Control for SES
• Summary
• References
• Index

O autorze

Jeynes, William