Author Interviews, Education, Karolinski Institute, Pediatrics, Psychological Science / 22.09.2017
Joint Physical Custody Better For Children’s Psychological Health
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
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Dr. Bergstrom[/caption]
Malin Bergström PhD
Center for Health Equity Studies
Karolinska Institutet
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: The increase in children who move between their parent's homes after a divorce is one of the major changes in children's life circumstances during the last decade. Spending equal amounts of time in both parents' homes means that these children move fifty times a year. Child experts have claimed this to be stressful and potentially harmful to children's attachment relations to their mothers. Especially for children this young the practice of joint physical custody has been questioned.
Dr. Bergstrom[/caption]
Malin Bergström PhD
Center for Health Equity Studies
Karolinska Institutet
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: The increase in children who move between their parent's homes after a divorce is one of the major changes in children's life circumstances during the last decade. Spending equal amounts of time in both parents' homes means that these children move fifty times a year. Child experts have claimed this to be stressful and potentially harmful to children's attachment relations to their mothers. Especially for children this young the practice of joint physical custody has been questioned.
