Judith S Wallerstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 131659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith S Wallerstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith S |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallerstein |
| SIGNATURE | WALLERSTEIN J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Family Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1949 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mothers and their children after divorce
This is a qualitative 25-year, longitudinal study of motherchild relationships in a middle-class, nonlitigating, divorced California population. At the time of divorce, all children were clinically evaluated to be on target academically and developmentally. The mothers had functioned competently as protective affectionate parents within the marriage. We found that over half of the mothers, especially those with two or more minor children, were si…
Sibling outcomes and disparate parenting and stepparenting after divorce
Disparate parenting and step-parenting with siblings in the post-divorce family
A longitudinal study of divorced families shows widely discrepant psychological adjustment among siblings along with disparate relationships with parents and stepparents in one half of the families at the 10-year follow-up. These differences in sibling adjustment and parent–child relationships were not evident at the divorce assessment. This instability in many parent–child relationships following divorce and remarriage challenges the view of div…
The reality of divorce. Reply to Gordon (2005)
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
This follow-up study of 131 children, who were 3–18 years old when their parents divorced in the early 1970s, marks the culmination of 25 years of research. The use of extensive clinical interviews allowed for exploration in great depth of their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they negotiated child-hood, adolescence, young adulthood, and adulthood. At the 25-year follow-up, a comparison group of their peers from the same community was added.…
The psychological tasks of marriage
Findings from a pilot study of intimate relationships of 50 happily married couples show that many had troubled childhoods. Interactions of couples in creating and maintaining their good marriage throughout their lives are analyzed under the rubric of psychological tasks that these couples addressed successfully. Three of these tasks are focused on in this second of a two-part article
The early psychological tasks of marriage
To build a gratifying and enduring marriage, couples must address and resolve seven psychological tasks during the early years of the marriage and again at the milestones of the adult life course. The formulations of the tasks are described in this preliminary report of a longitudinal study of 50 happy marriages
The Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Children
Second Chances
Conflict, Loss, Change and Parent-Child Relationships
Children's emotional adjustment and behavior problems during divorce were predicted from both pre-separation (child attributes, marital conflict and parent-child closeness) and post-separation factors (loss of parent, changes, and parent-child relationship), utilizing path analysis. Children had poorer emotional adjustment and more behavior problems if they were older, had prior psychological problems, had parents with more marital conflict, and …
Transference and countertransference in clinical intervention with divorcing families
The final scenes of the failed marriage are replayed in the consulting room not only in the painful content of the verbal interactions but in the transference reactions of client and countertransference responses of clinician--material rooted in the current crisis as well as the developmental histories of the protagonists. The theoretical underpinnings of this broadened conception of transference/countertransference are discussed and its role in …
Children's adjustment in joint and sole physical custody families
Daughters of divorce
A ten-year longitudinal study of 63 girls from divorced middle-class families examines patterns of adjustment and family relationships over time. Course of adjustment and outcomes are linked to age, the mother-daughter relationship, and household organization. Delayed effects are observed among young adult women forming their own relationships, influenced by issues of identification with their mothers
Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Judith S. Wallerstein, Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce: A Longitudinal Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1989), pp. 1033-1046
Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Marsha Kline, Judith S. Wallerstein, Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 2 (May, 1989), pp. 431-444
Parental Postdivorce Adjustment In Joint and Sole Physical Custody Families
The postdivorce adjustment of 149 men and 149 women with joint or sole physical custody of their children was examined along two dimensions: parents' individual adjustment and their relationships with ex-spouses. A multivariate multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relative impact of custody arrangements in the context of men's and women's pre- and postseparation psychological, social, and occupational functioning. Shared custod…
A preventive intervention program for parents and young children in joint custody arrangements
A pilot preventive intervention model was developed for a voluntary joint custody counseling program for parents of very young children. The program, which includes assessments, conferences, and ongoing counseling achieved by monitoring at regular intervals, is adaptable to agency or private clinical settings. Based on initial positive reactions of participants, more formal evaluation of the program's efficacy and applicability is proposed
Children of divorce
Findings from a ten-year follow-up of 38 youngsters now 16 to 18 years old, whose parents divorced during the children's early latency, suggest that separation from families and the transition into young adulthood are burdened by fear of disappointment in love relationships, lowered expectations, and a sense of powerlessness. A need for the father, especially among boys, appears to burgeon at middle and late adolescence
Women after divorce
Findings from a ten-year longitudinal study of 60 divorcing families from a middle-class California population show significant differences between former spouses in the quality of their current lives, differences in psychological change between men and women, and age-related differences in recovery among women. Persistence of anger and widespread loneliness were prevalent among these divorced women
Clinical Work with Children
Journal Article Clinical Work with Children Get access Clinical Work with Children. By Mishne Judith Marks. New York: Free Press, 1983 365 pp. $24.95. Judith S. Wallerstein Judith S. Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 1, January-February 1985, Page 88, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/30.1.88-a Published: …
The Overburdened Child
The needs of postdivorced families in which the parenting is significantly diminished or disrupted are poorly addressed by interventions based on the dominant paradigm of divorce as a time-limited crisis. In this article, the author shifts this focus to rest squarely on the postdivorce family and on some of its persisting psychosocial problems. She discusses, in particular, three categories of children overburdened by responsibilities growing out…
Children of divorce
Early findings from a ten-year follow-up of youngsters, now in their teens, whose parents had divorced when they were between two-and-one-half and six years old, suggest that those who were youngest at the time of the marital breakup fared better in the ensuing years than their older siblings, who experienced more difficulty in dealing with troubled memories of family strife. Issues of adjustment in this group of youngsters are examined, based on…
Young adolescents' responses to their parents' divorces
How young adolescents perceive and respond to the separation of their parents is examined through the eyes of fourteen youngsters
Children of divorce
Surviving the Break-Up
Children's adjustment in joint and sole physical custody families
The Overburdened Child
The needs of postdivorced families in which the parenting is significantly diminished or disrupted are poorly addressed by interventions based on the dominant paradigm of divorce as a time-limited crisis. In this article, the author shifts this focus to rest squarely on the postdivorce family and on some of its persisting psychosocial problems. She discusses, in particular, three categories of children overburdened by responsibilities growing out…
Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Judith S. Wallerstein, Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce: A Longitudinal Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1989), pp. 1033-1046
Parental Postdivorce Adjustment In Joint and Sole Physical Custody Families
The postdivorce adjustment of 149 men and 149 women with joint or sole physical custody of their children was examined along two dimensions: parents' individual adjustment and their relationships with ex-spouses. A multivariate multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relative impact of custody arrangements in the context of men's and women's pre- and postseparation psychological, social, and occupational functioning. Shared custod…
Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Marsha Kline, Judith S. Wallerstein, Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 2 (May, 1989), pp. 431-444
Disparate parenting and step-parenting with siblings in the post-divorce family
A longitudinal study of divorced families shows widely discrepant psychological adjustment among siblings along with disparate relationships with parents and stepparents in one half of the families at the 10-year follow-up. These differences in sibling adjustment and parent–child relationships were not evident at the divorce assessment. This instability in many parent–child relationships following divorce and remarriage challenges the view of div…
Dosoris—An experimental study and treatment home for adolescent girls
The effects of parental divorce
This paper discusses the impact of divorce on 26 children in early latency, as observed shortly after the initial parental separation and one year later. The material is part of a larger clinical study, begun in 1970, of 131 children and adolescents from 60 divorcing families
The effects of parental divorce
Brief interventions with children in divorcing families
This paper describes preventive clinical interventions developed for children of various ages in divorcing families. Formulations regarding assessment, limitations, and strategies in these brief interventions were developed in the course of a five-year clinical research project studying the impact of divorce on children
Divorce counseling
A conceptual framework for the development of child-centered, preventive clinical services for divorcing families is presented. The structure and components of an intervention service--including treatment strategies, successful interventions, failures, therapist role, transference and countertransference responses, and professional dilemmas--are discussed
Children and divorce
Judith S. Wallerstein, Ph.D., is Prin cipal Investigator, Children of Divorce Project, Marin Community Mental Health Center, Marin County, Cali fornia, and is on leave as Lecturer, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. At present she is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California. Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D., is Co-Principal Investigator, Children of Divorce Project, Marin Community …
Surviving the Break-Up
Young adolescents' responses to their parents' divorces
How young adolescents perceive and respond to the separation of their parents is examined through the eyes of fourteen youngsters
Children of divorce
Children of divorce
Early findings from a ten-year follow-up of youngsters, now in their teens, whose parents had divorced when they were between two-and-one-half and six years old, suggest that those who were youngest at the time of the marital breakup fared better in the ensuing years than their older siblings, who experienced more difficulty in dealing with troubled memories of family strife. Issues of adjustment in this group of youngsters are examined, based on…
Clinical Work with Children
Journal Article Clinical Work with Children Get access Clinical Work with Children. By Mishne Judith Marks. New York: Free Press, 1983 365 pp. $24.95. Judith S. Wallerstein Judith S. Wallerstein Center for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social Work, Volume 30, Issue 1, January-February 1985, Page 88, https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/30.1.88-a Published: …
The Overburdened Child
The needs of postdivorced families in which the parenting is significantly diminished or disrupted are poorly addressed by interventions based on the dominant paradigm of divorce as a time-limited crisis. In this article, the author shifts this focus to rest squarely on the postdivorce family and on some of its persisting psychosocial problems. She discusses, in particular, three categories of children overburdened by responsibilities growing out…
Women after divorce
Findings from a ten-year longitudinal study of 60 divorcing families from a middle-class California population show significant differences between former spouses in the quality of their current lives, differences in psychological change between men and women, and age-related differences in recovery among women. Persistence of anger and widespread loneliness were prevalent among these divorced women
Children of divorce
Findings from a ten-year follow-up of 38 youngsters now 16 to 18 years old, whose parents divorced during the children's early latency, suggest that separation from families and the transition into young adulthood are burdened by fear of disappointment in love relationships, lowered expectations, and a sense of powerlessness. A need for the father, especially among boys, appears to burgeon at middle and late adolescence
A preventive intervention program for parents and young children in joint custody arrangements
A pilot preventive intervention model was developed for a voluntary joint custody counseling program for parents of very young children. The program, which includes assessments, conferences, and ongoing counseling achieved by monitoring at regular intervals, is adaptable to agency or private clinical settings. Based on initial positive reactions of participants, more formal evaluation of the program's efficacy and applicability is proposed
Children's adjustment in joint and sole physical custody families
Daughters of divorce
A ten-year longitudinal study of 63 girls from divorced middle-class families examines patterns of adjustment and family relationships over time. Course of adjustment and outcomes are linked to age, the mother-daughter relationship, and household organization. Delayed effects are observed among young adult women forming their own relationships, influenced by issues of identification with their mothers
Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Judith S. Wallerstein, Resources, Stressors, and Attachment as Predictors of Adult Adjustment after Divorce: A Longitudinal Study, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1989), pp. 1033-1046
Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce
Jeanne M. Tschann, Janet R. Johnston, Marsha Kline, Judith S. Wallerstein, Family Process and Children's Functioning during Divorce, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 51, No. 2 (May, 1989), pp. 431-444
Parental Postdivorce Adjustment In Joint and Sole Physical Custody Families
The postdivorce adjustment of 149 men and 149 women with joint or sole physical custody of their children was examined along two dimensions: parents' individual adjustment and their relationships with ex-spouses. A multivariate multiple regression analysis was employed to assess the relative impact of custody arrangements in the context of men's and women's pre- and postseparation psychological, social, and occupational functioning. Shared custod…
Conflict, Loss, Change and Parent-Child Relationships
Children's emotional adjustment and behavior problems during divorce were predicted from both pre-separation (child attributes, marital conflict and parent-child closeness) and post-separation factors (loss of parent, changes, and parent-child relationship), utilizing path analysis. Children had poorer emotional adjustment and more behavior problems if they were older, had prior psychological problems, had parents with more marital conflict, and …
Transference and countertransference in clinical intervention with divorcing families
The final scenes of the failed marriage are replayed in the consulting room not only in the painful content of the verbal interactions but in the transference reactions of client and countertransference responses of clinician--material rooted in the current crisis as well as the developmental histories of the protagonists. The theoretical underpinnings of this broadened conception of transference/countertransference are discussed and its role in …
The Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Children
Second Chances
The early psychological tasks of marriage
To build a gratifying and enduring marriage, couples must address and resolve seven psychological tasks during the early years of the marriage and again at the milestones of the adult life course. The formulations of the tasks are described in this preliminary report of a longitudinal study of 50 happy marriages
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