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• American Psychological Association, March 24, 2002 Pam Willenz - CHILDREN LIKELY TO BE BETTER ADJUSTED IN JOINT VS SOLE CUSTODY ARRANGEMENTS IN MOST CASES, ACCORDING TO REVIEW OF RESEARCH [1]

• Benefits of Joint Custody: Statistics, Analyses, Data, And Anecdotal Evidence In Support Of Joint Custody Statutes. [2]

• "Expert Evidence in Favor of Shared Parenting." Parental Equality ie. [3]

• "Keeping Divorced Dads Involved," by Lynette Summerill. ASU Research.(August 2000) [4]

• "MEMORANDUM IN FAVOR OF JOINT CUSTODY AND SHARED PARENTING." Michigan Sample Legal Argument to include in Joint Custody Pleadings. Travis Ballard. [5]

• links to studies: Divorce and Child Custody [6]

• "The Effects of Divorce on Children," by Jeff Wood. UCLA. [7]

B. Karp. Children`s adjustment in joint and single custody: An Empirical Study. Doctoral thesis 1982. California school of professional psychology, Berkeley. UMI No. 83-6977.

"Age range of children 5 to 12 years, studying early period of separation or divorce. Boys and girls in sole custody situation had more negative involvement with their parents than in joint custody situation. There was an increase reported in sibling rivalry reported for sole custody children when visiting their father (ncp). Girls in joint custody reported to have significantly higher self-esteem than girls in sole custody."

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S.A. Nunan. Joint custody versus single custody effects on child development. Doctoral thesis 1980. California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley, UMI No. 81-10142

"Nunan compared 20 joint custody children (ages 7-11) with 20 age-matched children in sole maternal custody. All families were at least two years after separation or divorce. Joint custody children were found to have higher ego strengths, superego strengths and self-esteem than the single custody children. The joint custody children were also found to be less excitable and less impatient than their sole custody counterparts. For children under four at the time of separation the differences were very small."

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"Adolescents After Divorce, Buchanan, C., Maccoby, and Dornbusch, Harvard University Press,1996.

A study of 517 families with children ranging in age from 10.5 years to 18 years, across a four and a half year period. Measures were: assessed depression, deviance, school effort, and school grades. Children in shared parenting arrangements were found to have better adjustment on these measures than those in sole custody.

Additional Reading:

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"Questions and Answers about Equal Shared Parenting - Kids Need Both Parents." Alliance for Non-Custodial Parents Rights. http://www.ancpr.org/equalparenting.htm

"The Benefits of Equal Custody for the Child," by Christian Fardel (submitted from France) http://www.kids-right.org/france.htm

References to Divorce Research Literature: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jeffwood/ref.html

Books on Cooperative Parenting for Divided Families: http://trfn.clpgh.org/cpdf/reading.htm

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