The long-term improvement in father-child relationships after divorce: Descriptive findings from the Netherlands

Background : Little is known about how the negative effect of parental divorce on father-child relations has changed over time. Existing cohort studies do not contain questions on father-child relationships after divorce and the investigated time period is often short. Objective : The aim of this study is to describe long-term changes in the association between parental divorce and father-child contact. Methods : We used pooled cross-sectional surveys from the Netherlands (N = 24,172) containing retrospective questions about respondents' relations with parents during childhood. We compared div... Mehr ...