Impacts of the rate of parental conflict on children and the role played by post-divorce care arrangements

IP70612

Impacts of the rate of parental conflict on children and the role played by post-divorce care arrangements

Mgr. Jana Paloncyová, Ph.D., Ing. Sylva Höhne, Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Žáčková, Kristýna Janurová, MA, PhDr. Štěpánka Lehmann, Ph.D., Mgr. Naděžda Křečková Tůmová, Ph.D., Ing. Tereza Frömmelová

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic

Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA)

2019

2024

The aim of the project is to map the impacts of the rate of parental conflict on children and the role played by post-divorce care arrangements in relation to whether or not the parents agreed to such arrangements or whether they were imposed by the court. The project will focus on the development of relationships and conflicts between parents before and following divorce, on how to set up childcare following divorce and on the daily lives and experiences of parents and children concerning the monitored forms of care (alternate and exclusive care). Thus the project will reflect the needs of children and the fulfilment thereof in various developmental stages. The intention is to provide a description of the issue from the perspective of all the various actors, i.e. parents and children, judges, court experts, staff of the social and legal protection of children agency (OSPOD), lawyers, psychologists, kindergarten and basic school teachers and so on. Moreover, representatives of these various institutions will sit on the expert panel of the project, the aim of which will be to guide the course of the project with respect to the professional and ethical aspects, to solve any ethical and methodological dilemmas and problems and to provide comments on the project outputs. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be employed during the four-year project in order to achieve the above objectives. The research results will provide support for the professional competencies of Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs personnel (OSPOD staff, social workers, social service workers) and the Ministry of Justice (judges, lawyers). It will also serve as the basis for proposals for measures aimed at reinforcing the creation of a sustainable family policy system and as background material for the Family Report.
 
 

 

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