The Eye of the Beholder: Attitudes toward divorced parents and perception of children's happiness in Peru and Spain.

ABSTRACT: Studies of divorce's effects on children have been oriented toward the parents' characteristics, ignoring their extended families. In the current study we collected data from 414 participants, both divorced parents and the children's extended families in Peru (155) and Spain (259). Participants completed a questionnaire on attitudes toward the parents, and the Short Dark Tetrad questionnaire. Multivariate tests were conducted on participants' responses, showing that negative attitudes toward parents are not very strong but that attitudes toward fathers are more negative than attitudes toward mothers. Custodial parents are perceived less negatively, and parents who share custody are perceived the least negatively. Extended family members hold more negative attitudes against parents than the

SUBMITTER: Clemente M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378926 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature