@article {Scott:December 2007:0022-2445:1194,
	author = "Scott, MindyE.",
	author = "Booth, Alan",
	author = "King, Valarie",
	author = "Johnson, DavidR.",
	title = "Postdivorce Father-Adolescent Closeness",
	journal = "Journal of Marriage and Family",
	volume = "69",
	year = "December 2007",
	abstract = "<I>Research indicates that closeness of the father-child bond following parental divorce is associated with better outcomes for children and adolescents. Unlike other investigations, this study takes a long-term developmental approach to understanding stability and change in postdivorce father-adolescent relationship closeness. Drawing on Add Health data (</I>n <I>&#61; 483), we examine factors that explain (a) why some high-quality father-adolescent relationships remain the same after divorce whereas others decline, and (b) why some low-quality relationships are stable following divorce whereas others improve. High mother-offspring relationship quality and offspring feelings of well-being prevented close father-offspring relationships from deteriorating. Offspring's childbearing and cohabitation following parental divorce increase closeness in father-offspring relationships that were not close prior to divorce. Although a majority of offspring experienced a decline in closeness following divorce, results from this study show that some very close father-offspring relationships are maintained and some poor relationships become closer.</I>",
	pages = "1194-1209(16)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/jomf/2007/00000069/00000005/art00008"
	doi = "doi:10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00441.x"
}