Article(electronic)#1January 1991
SPLIT IDENTITY AND CHILDREN OF DIVORCE
In: Family court review: publ. in assoc. with: Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 63-72
ISSN: 1744-1617
Divorce, although a statistical norm, is a developmental trauma to the children involved. This article looks at the two‐camp emotional environment of a divorcing family and its effect on the formation of a child's identity. By examining developmental ages, chosen according to divorce research, the author attempts to show how the interspouse emotional cathexes negatively affect a child's sense of self in ways specific to the child's age at the divorce.