Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self

Divorce rates in Singapore have been increasing in the recent years. It had increased from 6904 in 2006 to 7604 in 2011. Even though divorce is a serious social issue in Singapore, there is little information available on the experiences of divorces of children, especially that of young adults as mo...

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Main Author: Pah, Zhi Xin
Other Authors: Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-517232019-12-10T11:43:03Z Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self Pah, Zhi Xin Sun Hsiao-Li Shirley School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology Divorce rates in Singapore have been increasing in the recent years. It had increased from 6904 in 2006 to 7604 in 2011. Even though divorce is a serious social issue in Singapore, there is little information available on the experiences of divorces of children, especially that of young adults as most literature focused on post-divorce experiences of adolescents and young children. This paper hence, aims to explore the post-divorce experiences of children from divorced families, who are 21 and above and how they manage their interpersonal relations and selves as a result. The findings on the experiences of ten children who come from divorced families highlight some interesting recurring themes. These themes include the positive relationships with family members with closer ties to custodial parents, positive management of relationship with extra-familial members, a more tolerant view towards divorce as a solution to end unhappy marriages and reconstruction of self. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-09T03:47:52Z 2013-04-09T03:47:52Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/51723 en Nanyang Technological University 30 p. application/pdf
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Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self
description Divorce rates in Singapore have been increasing in the recent years. It had increased from 6904 in 2006 to 7604 in 2011. Even though divorce is a serious social issue in Singapore, there is little information available on the experiences of divorces of children, especially that of young adults as most literature focused on post-divorce experiences of adolescents and young children. This paper hence, aims to explore the post-divorce experiences of children from divorced families, who are 21 and above and how they manage their interpersonal relations and selves as a result. The findings on the experiences of ten children who come from divorced families highlight some interesting recurring themes. These themes include the positive relationships with family members with closer ties to custodial parents, positive management of relationship with extra-familial members, a more tolerant view towards divorce as a solution to end unhappy marriages and reconstruction of self.
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title_short Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self
title_full Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self
title_fullStr Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self
title_full_unstemmed Exploring post-divorce experiences : how children manage their interpersonal relationships and their self
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