Coparenting Relationships After Divorce: Variations by Type of Marital Violence and Fathers' Role Differentiation

Authors

Jennifer L. Hardesty, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFollow
Lyndal Khaw, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Grace H. Chung, Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service
Jennifer M. Martin, Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2008

Journal / Book Title

Family Relations

Abstract

Using grounded theory methods, we examined coparenting relationships for 25 divorced mothers who experienced violence during their marriages. How well former husbands were able to differentiate, or keep separate, their parental and spousal roles emerged as central to coparenting dynamics and was partly related to type of marital violence. Linking differentiation to types of martial violence advances our theoretical understanding of variations in coparenting relationships after divorce. Results can be used to more effectively match divorcing parents with appropriate interventions.

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00516.x

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Hardesty, Jennifer L.; Khaw, Lyndal; Chung, Grace H.; and Martin, Jennifer M., "Coparenting Relationships After Divorce: Variations by Type of Marital Violence and Fathers' Role Differentiation" (2008). Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works. 49.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/familysci-facpubs/49

Published Citation

Hardesty, J.L., Khaw, L., Chung, G.H. and Martin, J.M. (2008), Coparenting Relationships After Divorce: Variations by Type of Marital Violence and Fathers’ Role Differentiation*. Family Relations, 57: 479-491. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00516.x