CHILD-PARENT RELATIONSHIPS IN A HIGHLY CONFLICTED DIVORCE SITUATION

Chizhova K. I.

The article analyzes a highly controversial divorce, which affects the child, and becomes the subject of legal disputes between parents who have not come to an agreement on the settlement of the consequences of divorce for the child. Based on the theoretical analysis, an empirical study of 107 families in a situation of divorce was conducted. The article presents the results of cluster analysis: individual psychological characteristics of children; individual psychological characteristics of a parent living with a child; individual psychological characteristics of a parent living separately from a child.

Keywords: highly controversial divorce, relationship between child and parent, parental position, personal characteristics of children and parents