Child Health and Parental Relationships

Examining Relationship Termination Among Danish Parents with and Without a Child With Disabilities or Chronic Illness

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9951560
AutoresLisbeth Trille G Loft (0000-0001-7269-0336, University of Copenhagen, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen41
Número1
Páginas27-47
Fecha de publicación2011-04-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7659 • E-ISSN: 1557-9336
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2753/ijs0020-7659410102
OpenAlexW2767607073
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas33

Using longitudinal national-level representative data from Denmark, this study considers the link between child disability or chronic illness and parental relationship termination as measured by the point in time at which one parent, following the breakup of the relationship, no longer resides in the household. By means of event-history techniques, I examine whether a Danish family's experience of having a child diagnosed with a disability or chronic illness affects the chances of parental relationship termination. My findings suggest that families with a child with disabilities or chronic illness do have a higher risk of parental relationship termination, when compared to families where no diagnosis of child disability or chronic illness is reported

Danish · Developmental psychology · Longitudinal study · Psychiatry · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology