Parental Divorce in Early Childhood

JOHN F. MCDERMOTT, JR.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124, Number 10

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.124.10.1424

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Although it is only the culmination of a more traumatic emotional upheaval in the family, the legal event of parental divorce presents acute problems for the very young child since it involves an abrupt change in his daily life. During the immediate period of parental divorce, ten of the 16 nursery school children discussed here showed dramatic changes in behavior, often characterized by impairment of the ability to master anxiety and depression through play. Preventive efforts channeled through the school at this time may ease the immediate shock for the child and help him to resume the normal tasks of maturation more quickly.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 124 • Number 10 • April 1968

Pages: 1424 - 1432

PubMed: 5643661

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Published in print: April 1968

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JOHN F. MCDERMOTT, JR.

Associate professor of psychiatry, University of Michigan School of Medicine, and director of inpatient services, Children's Psychiatric Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104, consulting psychiatrist, Children's Play School, Ann Arbor, Mich

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Parental Divorce in Early Childhood

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