Importance of living arrangements and coparenting quality for young children's mental health after parental divorce: a cross-sectional parental survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parental separation has been associated with adverse child mental health outcomes in the literature. For school-aged children, joint physical custody (JPC), that is, spending equal time in both parents' homes after a divorce, has been associated with better health and well-being than single care arrangements. Preschool children's well-being in JPC is less studied. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of living arrangements and coparenting quality with mental health in preschool children after parental separation.

Methods

This cross-sectional population-based study includes 12 845 three-year-old children in Sweden. Mental health was measured by parental reports of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire and coparenting quality with a four-it

SUBMITTER: Bergstrom M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160159 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature