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16-11-2020 | Book Review

Susan Kay-Flowers, Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce: Reflections from Young Adults

Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2019, 212 pp., ISBN: 9781447338673

Auteur: Leah Robyn Zoccola

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 5/2021

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Are there factors that determine how well a young adult has adjusted to their parents’ separation? In Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce: Reflections from Young Adults, Susan Kay-Flowers aims to give a voice to childhood experiences of separation through the eyes of the young adults who experienced their parents’ separation as children. Kay-Flowers combines her professional experience as a social worker, family court advisor, and professor, as well as her research findings from the study discussed in this book to provide new considerations for those who work with children and families during separation in order to help children better adjust during separation. Kay-Flowers demonstrates that the child’s initial reaction to learning of their parents’ separation, their support systems at that time, their ability to discuss the separation with others, and the presence of parental conflict all have an impact on the child’s overall adjustment to the changes separation brings. Her research gives important insight into how parents and professionals can better serve the interests of children and help them accommodate in a healthy manner to parental separation. …
Literatuur
go back to reference Kay-Flowers, S. (2019). Childhood experiences of separation and divorce: reflections from young adults. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.CrossRef Kay-Flowers, S. (2019). Childhood experiences of separation and divorce: reflections from young adults. Bristol, UK: Policy Press.CrossRef
Metagegevens
Titel
Susan Kay-Flowers, Childhood Experiences of Separation and Divorce: Reflections from Young Adults
Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2019, 212 pp., ISBN: 9781447338673
Auteur
Leah Robyn Zoccola
Publicatiedatum
16-11-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01352-5

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