First Advisor

Jay Conrad

Term of Graduation

Spring 1976

Date of Publication

5-26-1976

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Department

Social Work

Language

English

Subjects

Parent and child, Student adjustment

DOI

10.15760/etd.1779

Physical Description

1 online resource (v, 60 pages)

Abstract

As indicated in the National Vital Statistics Report of April 1973, the rate of divorces involving minor children is increasing rapidly in this country. Consequently, concern about the effects of divorce on children has been growing. In 1974, a collaborative effort between the Clackamas County (Oregon) Circuit Court and the Portland State University National Justice Educational Development Project was begun to study the impact of divorce on children and their parents (IDCAP). Heading the team of researchers are Stanley N. Cohen, Ph.D., and Nolan Jones, Research Associate. Of special interest to Cohen and Jones is the parenting relationship of the couple, both before and after they filed for divorce. Among the objectives which Cohen and Jones have listed is to provide "an 18-month longitudinal study of the extent to which parenting styles developed by couples prior to, during and after divorce impact on the behavior of their children."

This practicum, done in cooperation with the IDCAP Project, is designed to look at the parenting relationships of couples before they filed for divorce and to assess the effect that this relationship had on their children's school behavior. Two key elements of the parenting relationship are seen as important to the adjustment of children. The first is agreement: the attitudes of the couple as revealed in what they say about child-rearing issues. The second is cooperation: the behavior of the couple as revealed in what they have done about child-rearing issues.

Although our study conslsts of a sample of divorcing parents and their children, we are not dealing with the divorce issue per se. Rather, we are concerned with the parenting relationship of each couple in the two years before they filed for divorce. We are also looking at the school behavior of the eight to twelve year old children of these couples during that two year period.

A third element of the parenting relationship, the perception of each of the parents about the other's child rearing attitudes and practices, is also introduced.

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Comments

A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work, 1976.

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