Systematic review and theoretical comparison of children's outcomes in post-separation living arrangements.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the systematic review was to synthesize the literature on children's outcomes across different living arrangements (nuclear families, shared physical custody [SPC], lone physical custody [LPC]) by extracting and structuring relevant theoretical hypotheses (selection, instability, fewer resources, and stressful mobility) and comparing the empirical findings against these hypotheses. Following the PRISMA guidelines, the review included 39 studies conducted between January 2010-December 2022 and compared the living arrangements across five domains of children's outcomes: emotional, behavioral, relational, physical, and educational. The results showed that children's outcomes were the best in nuclear families but in 75% of the studies children in SPC arrangements had equal outco

SUBMITTER: Vowels LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10313020 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature