Helping Divorced Parents to Benefit Adolescent Children: A Prospective Enrichment Programme

This study proposes a prospective integrative theory-based enrichment programme for divorced custodial parents to help their adolescent children. The programme comprises five brief sessions addressing: the needs of parents for information on post-divorce experiences of their children (cognitive component); the acquisition and practice of skills to improve effective parenting (behavioural component); the opportunity to share mutual feelings and experiences in a supportive group context (affective and social components) and reflection on positive post-divorce outcomes (philosophical component).