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Collaborative Health Project
Whitney Brown
Ashley Clayton
Ashley Linch
Family: DIVORCE
•About two-thirds of all first marriages end in marital separation
or divorce. (Meeks, 2011)
•Most married couples who divorce experience a six-stage
process. In the first stage of divorce, the marriage deteriorates
and partners show less affection and begin to detach from one
another. The first stage may last several years. (Meeks, 2011)
•In the fourth stage of divorce, issues of custody, visitation rights,
and child support are negotiated. (Meeks, 2011)
•Most children have the same initial reaction to separation and
divorce—they feel vulnerable and fearful. Young children exhibit
these fears by having difficulty sleeping or having nightmares. (Meeks, 2011)
*Some children might have to adjust to parental dating. When parents date,
children can resent the time and attention the parent is giving to that new
person. (Meeks, 2011)
*Some psychologists believe the adjustment to parental divorce is more difficult
for elementary school children than for younger or older children. School-age
children are old enough to understand they are in pain because of their parents’
separation. They are too young, however, to understand or to control their
reactions to this pain. (DeBord, 1997)
*Children between the ages of five and ten are often most concerned with
whether they are responsible somehow. Keeping it simple and addressing their
concerns makes talking to children of divorce of this age much more on point.
(Divorce Guide, 2011)
Family and Social: Recognizing
Harmful Relationships
• “A healthful relationship is a relationship that
promotes self respect, encourages productivity and
health, and is free from violence and drug misuse and
abuse. A harmful relationship is a relationship that
damages self respect, interferes with productivity
and health, or includes violence or drug use and
abuse (Meeks, 2011).”
•There are ten profiles of harmful relationship types:
1. The people pleaser
2. The enabler
3. The clinger
4. The fixer
5. The distance
6. The controller
7. The center
8. The abuser
9. The liar
10. The promise breaker
*To deal with harmful relationships, a person can ask for an outside opinion from
a parent or other trusted adult, evaluate the relationship in their own mind, or
talk with the friend about what you expect from a good friendship. Analyzing and
developing healthful relationships are important. Youth who have trouble with
healthful relationships:
•Engage in aggressive behavior (Newcomb, Bukowski, & Pattee, 1993).
•Report low academic achievement and high unemployment later in life
(Woodward & Fergusson, 1999).
•Exhibit higher degrees of loneliness and depression (Parker, Rubin, Price, & de
Rosier, 1995).
* Youth with healthful relationships:
•Are associated with self-esteem and contribute to forming self-image (Azmitia,
2002)
•Are related to social competence (Newcomb & Bagwell, 1995) and enhanced
leadership skills (Berndt, Hawkins, & Jiao, 1999).
•Can buffer youth from the negative impact of family troubles (Gauze, Bukowski,
Aquan-Assee, & Sippola, 1996; Bolger, Patterson, & Kupersmidt, 1998).
• Lesson the likelihood of experiencing peer victimization (Hodges, Boivin, Vitaro,
& Bukowski, 1999).
•Influence academic achievement (Fleming, Cook, & Stone, 2002; Wentzel, Barry,
& Caldwell, 2004).
*Friendships
provide children
with more than just
fun playmates, it
helps them develop
emotionally and
morally. (Fernon,
2002)
*In interacting with
friends, children
learn many social
skills, such as how to
communicate,
cooperate, and solve
problems. (Fernon,
2002)
*Research has found
that children who lack
friends can suffer from
emotional and mental
difficulties later in life.
(Fernon, 2002)
*Having healthy friendships improves
our quality of life.
FRIENDS:
• take a personal interest in each other
• support each other in their successes
and encourage each other in difficult
times.
• share interests
• help each other solve problems
(Meeks, 2011)
*Two characteristics,
shyness and
loneliness, make it
difficult for children
to make new friends.
(Meeks, 2011)
What traits do
YOU look for in a
FRIEND???
WHAT ARE SOME
BAD TRAITS?
WHAT DO BAD
FRIENDS DO TO
YOU?
Sources:
(Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, 2002)
DeBoard, K. (1997). Focus on kids: The effects of divorce on children. North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service .
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Free Divorce Information: http://www.divorceguide.com/free-divorce-advice/children-and-divorce/be-ageappropriate-when-explaining-divorce-to-children.html
Linda Meeks, P. H. (2011). Comprehensive School Health Education: Totally Awesome Strategies for Teaching Health.
Carrollton: The MacGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Azmitia, M. (2002). Self, self-esteem, conflicts, and best friendships in early adolescence. In T. M. Brinthaupt (Ed.),
Understanding early adolescent self and identity: Applications and interventions (pp. 167–192). Albany: State
University of New York Press.
Newcomb, A. F., & Bagwell, C. L. (1995). Children’s friendship relations: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin,
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Gauze, C., Bukowski, W. M., Aquan-Assee, J., & Sippola, L. K. (1996). Interactions between family environment and
friendship and associations with self-perceived well-being during early adolescence. Child Development, 67, 2201–
2216.
Hodges, E., Boivin, M., Vitaro, F., & Bukowski, W. M. (1999). The power of friendship: Protection against an escalating
cycle of peer victimization. Developmental Psychology, 35, 94–101.
Fleming, J. E., Cook, T. D., & Stone, C. (2002). Interactive influences of perceived social contexts on the reading
achievement of urban middle schoolers with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 17, 47–
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