Divorce, family structure, and the academic success of children / William Jeynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeynes, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of divorced parents--Education--United States.

Children of divorced parents.

Children of single parents--Education--United States.

Children of single parents.

Home and school--United States.

Home and school.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trace the influence of family factors on children's emotional and educational well-being!The effect of family changes on children's academic success is a new subject for study. Divorce, Family Structure, and the Academic Success of Children is a comprehensive volume that brings research on this hotly debated topic up to date. With clear tables and incisive arguments, it is a single-volume reference on this vexing sociocultural problem. Divorce, Family Structure, and the Academic Success of Children offers a close look at the historical background and current theory of this

Contents:

Front Cover; Divorce, Family Structure and the Academic Success of Children; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: Herb Walberg; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Historical Background of the Study; Chronological Highlights; Historical and Contemporary Facts Regarding FamilyStructure; Chapter 2. Research Regarding the Effects of FamilyStructure on Children; The Effects of Divorce on Academic Achievement:Research Results; The Effects of Remarriage Following Divorce on AcademicAchievement; The Emotional and Psychological Effects of Divorceon Children

Circumstances That Can Influence the Effects of DivorceThe Influence of Time on the Effects of Divorce; The Effects of Divorce by Race; Chapter 3. Methodological Issues in Researchon Divorce and Family Structure; Theory and Research Literature; Relevant Research Syntheses and Meta-Analyses; Methods; Models; Chapter 4. The Problems with Using SocioeconomicStatus in Research; The Importance of Using SES Variables; The Issue of Causality; Predisruption versus Postdisruption Variables; Chapter 5. Problems Involving Analysis of SocioeconomicStatus; Predisruption SES Variables

Results Using the Postdisruption SES MeasuresObtaining Effects for Divorce Using a PredisruptionControl for SES; Discussion; Chapter 6. Determining the Effects of Remarriage; Results for Study Number 1; Discussion; Results for Study Number 2; Discussion; Chapter 7. Remarriage and Mobility; Hypotheses and Analyses Undertaken; Results; Discussion; Chapter 8. The Effects of Living with Neither Parenton Academic Achievement; Results; Discussion; Chapter 9. The Effects of the Most Common FamilyStructures on Academic Achievement; Theoretical Framework; Family Structure Variables; Discussion

Chapter 10. Longitudinal Analysis of the Effectsof Remarriage Following Divorce on AcademicAchievementMethods and Data Sources; Models; Results; Discussion; Chapter 11. Testing Other Important Hypotheses; The Proper Category Hypothesis; Custodial Parent's Gender Hypothesis; The Distinction Hypothesis; Chapter 12. What Does It All Mean?; Consequences of Underestimating Influence of Family Structure; Sensitizing Educators to the Challenges of Children from Nontraditional Families; Alternative Ways to Control for SES; Summary; References; Index

Notes:

Reprint. First published: New York : Haworth Press, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-199) and index.

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ISBN:

1-136-39811-2

0-203-04876-8

1-283-88700-2

1-136-39804-X

9780203048764

OCLC:

823389155