Vater-Kind-Kontakt und kindliches Wohlbefinden in getrennten und nicht-getrennten Familien

Author(s)
Harald Werneck, Maximilian Eder, Simone Ebner, Sonja Werneck-Rohrer
Abstract

This study investigated determinants of the contact between children and fathers after parental separation and the interplay of family status (non-separated vs. separated families), father-child relationship-quality and child’s well-being. We compared 254 adolescents aged 15 to 19 years, from non-separated and separated families, by administering an adaptation of the “Inventory of Life Quality in Children and Adolescents” (Mattejat u. Remschmidt, 1998) and the scale emotionality of the FPI-R (Fahrenberg, Hampel, Selg, 2000). Contact between fathers and children after parental separation was mainly associated with parental conflict and contact during and after the separation. No significant associations were found with age and gender of the child, maternal remarriage or paternal education. The relationship to the father mediated the effects of family arrangement on different measures of child well-being. In separated families children with little contact to their fathers showed worse relationships to them compared to children in intact families. Good father-child relationships were positively associated with different measures of children’s well-being. A central conclusion of this study is, that the father-child relationship is an important source for child’s well-being.

Organisation(s)
Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
External organisation(s)
Medizinische Universität Wien, Universität Wien
Journal
Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie: Ergebnisse aus Psychoanalyse, Psychologie und Familientherapie
Volume
64
Pages
135-151
No. of pages
17
ISSN
0032-7034
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2015.64.2.135
Publication date
02-2015
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
501005 Developmental psychology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Psychiatry and Mental health, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/vaterkindkontakt-und-kindliches-wohlbefinden-in-getrennten-und-nichtgetrennten-familien(04023bd0-b9d7-4444-950b-039bb54b3d97).html