Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
Volume 9 Issue 1 (January/February 1999), Pages 1-71
Divorce mediation: the impact of mediation on the psychological well‐being of children and parents (pages 35-46)
- Author(s): Lisa Walton, Chris Oliver, Christine Griffin
- Published 02 Feb 1999
- DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199901/02)9:1<35::AID-CASP501>3.0.CO;2-X
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Abstract
This study evaluated levels of psychological distress experienced by children (aged 4–16) and parents at the beginning of and one month after mediation for child‐related disputes. In contrast to previous research, this study employed both child‐ and parent‐reports of child outcome. Mediation was associated with reductions in child‐reported, though not parent‐reported, child psychological distress and with reductions in parent‐reports of their own psychological distress. The negotiation of successful agreements in mediation was not related to improved psychological well‐being of family members. The difficulties encountered (i.e. small numbers, low response rate) render the results tentative. Implications of the findings for future research are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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