Parental Separation and Children's Peer Relations: Investigating Friendship Integration and Peer Rejection in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

Matthias Pollmann‐Schult

doi:10.1215/00703370-12653749

June 10, 2026DemographyOpen Access

Parental Separation and Children's Peer Relations: Investigating Friendship Integration and Peer Rejection in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

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This research examines how parental separation affects children's peer relationships, particularly focusing on peer rejection and friendship integration.
Analyzed effects of parental separation on peer relationships in children during middle childhood and early adolescence.
Assessed the duration of peer rejection over a four-year period following parental separation.
Investigated moderating factors such as child's age, gender, and parental education.
Peer rejection significantly increases following parental separation and remains elevated for up to four years.
No significant moderating effects were observed from age, gender, or parental education levels.
Children's socioemotional difficulties were identified as the primary factor impairing peer relations.

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Investigating peer rejection and friendship integration among children post parental separation, suggesting emotional challenges.

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Parental separation raises children's peer rejection but not friendship integration. Peer rejection increases after separation and remains high for up to four years. No moderating effects were found for the child's age, the child's gender, or parental education. Separation impairs peer relations primarily by heightening children's socioemotional difficulties.

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