Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe / edited by Michaela Kreyenfeld, Heike Trappe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kreyenfeld, Michaela, Editor.

Contributor:

Kreyenfeld, Michaela., Editor.

Trappe, Heike, Editor.

Series:

Life Course Research and Social Policies, 2211-7784 ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life cycle, Human.

Population--Economic aspects.

Population.

Quality of life.

Sociology.

Social groups.

Europe--Politics and government.

Europe.

Life Course.

Population Economics.

Quality of Life Research.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

European Politics.

Local Subjects:

Life Course.

Population Economics.

Quality of Life Research.

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.

European Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 308 p. 32 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2020.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access book assembles landmark studies on divorce and separation in European countries, and how this affects the life of parents and children. It focuses on four major areas of post-separation lives, namely (1) economic conditions, (2) parent-child relationships, (3) parent and child well-being, and (4) health. Through studies from several European countries, the book showcases how legal regulations and social policies influence parental and child well-being after divorce and separation. It also illustrates how social policies are interwoven with the normative fabric of a country. For example, it is shown that father-child contact after separation is more intense in those countries which have adopted policies that encourage shared parenting. Correspondingly, countries that have adopted these regulations are at the forefront of more egalitarian gender role attitudes. Apart from a strong emphasis on the legal and social policy context, the studies in this volume adopt a longitudinal perspective and situate post-separation behaviour and well-being in the life course. The longitudinal perspective opens up new avenues for research to understand how behaviour and conditions prior or at divorce and separation affect later behaviour and well-being. As such this book is of special appeal to scholars of family research as well as to anyone interested in the role of divorce and separation in Europe in the 21st century.

Contents:

Part I: Economic Conditions of Divorce and Separation: Chapter 1. Introduction: Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe

Chapter 2. Economic Consequences of Divorce: A Review

Chapter 3. Earnings Trajectories Following Parental Separation among First-Time Parents in Sweden

Chapter 4. Changes in Mothers’ Earnings around the Time of Divorce

Chapter 5. Parents Returning to Parents: Does Migration Background Have an Influence on the “Boomerang Effect” among Parents after Divorce?

Part II: Parent-Child Relationships: Chapter 6. Will Separations Lead to More or Less Gender-Equal Parenthood? Mothers’ and Fathers’ Parental Leave Use in Sweden

Chapter 7. Divorce, Emotions and Legal Regulations: Shared Parenting in a Climate of Fear

Chapter 8. The Consequences of Separation for Mothers’ Perception of their Parenting Capacity

Chapter 9. The Role of Gatekeeping in Non-Resident Fathers’ Contact with their Children: Mothers’ and Fathers’ Views

Part III: Parentand Child Well-being

Chapter 10. Loneliness in Children Adapting to Dual Family Life

Chapter 11. Paternal Psychological Well-being after Union Dissolution: Does Involved Fatherhood have a Protective Effect?

Chapter 12. Gender Differences in Parental Well-being after Separation: Does Shared Parenting Matter?

Part IV: Health-related Consequences of Divorce and Separation

Chapter 13. Heterogeneous Effects of Family Complexity in Childhood on Mental Health: Testing the “Good Divorce” and the “Good Stepparent” Hypotheses

Chapter 14. Work Disability and Divorce.

ISBN:

3-030-44575-5

OCLC:

1160547142