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The phenomenon of noncustodial fathers' disengagement from their children's lives is critically examined. Based on data obtained from a cross‐national (Canada and Scotland) study on the impact of divorce on noncustodial fathers, the argument is developed that these fathers' disengagement from their children's lives results from a combination of structural constraints and fathers' own psychological response to the threatened or actual loss of their children and the predivorce father‐child relationship. While divorce represents a loss which deprives fathers of an attachment figure and a role or identity, it also constitutes a situation where fathers are judicially and legislatively disadvantaged on the basis of gender. Attachment theory constructs relating to situations of loss and bereavement frame the analysis of fathers' psychological adaptation to divorce and psychological factors contributing to their disengagement from their children, and analyses of gender are used in an examination of the structural consequences of divorce for noncustodial fathers and structural factors contributing to their disengagement. This study also documents the destructive effect of a purely adversarially based approach to divo

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01270.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

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Reported in this article is an innovative access project in Manitoba. This project is ongoing and is designed to strengthen parenting skills and reduce the anger inherent in the breakup of any relationship.

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01271.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01272.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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ABSTRACTRecent innovations in American child custody law have affected both the substantive law and the procedures by which custody decisions are reached. Professor Bruch describes these developments, analyses their underpinnings in psychology and ideology, and identifies both intended and unrecognized effects of the dispute resolution process on the custody decision. She concludes that many new doctrines and procedures that have been widely assumed to benefit children, including joint custody and mediation, often disserve children's interests.

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01273.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01274.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01275.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01276.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01277.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY

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Book Review in this articleThe Courage to HealDivorce RecoveryRegulating DivorceChildren Held Hostage

ISSN:1531-2445    

DOI:10.1111/j.174-1617.1992.tb01278.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1992

数据来源: WILEY