Our Voices Matter: Exploring the Experience of Divorce for Young Children
| dc.contributor.author | Hirschfeld, Mara Rae | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Huebner, Angela J. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Wittenborn, Andrea K. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Falconier, Mariana | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Human Development | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-26T07:00:54Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2015-11-26T07:00:54Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-06-03 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | While divorce can be challenging for children at any age, research suggests that children under the age of six are at increased risk for behavioral and developmental delays (Emery, 1999; Hetherington, 1979, Wallerstein and Blakeslee, 1989). Despite their increased risk, the majority of research on children's adjustment post-divorce has focused on older school age children and adolescents (Jennings and Howe, 2001; Mutchler, Hunt, Koopman, and Mutchler, 1992) rather than young children. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to explore the experience of divorce for young children (ages 5-7 old). Results produced five themes regarding children's emotional experience of divorce, which include trying to make sense of the divorce, feelings they experience/how they describe themselves, experience and advice: "]stop fighting,"what they worry about, and coping skills/ways to distract themselves. Discussion conjectures about these themes and makes suggestions for clinical implications and future studies in an effort to mitigate short-term consequences and help children cope with their parents' divorce. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Science | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:3033 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64193 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | divorce | en |
| dc.subject | young children | en |
| dc.subject | play | en |
| dc.title | Our Voices Matter: Exploring the Experience of Divorce for Young Children | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Human Development | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Science | en |
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