Categorizations of structure living arrangements of adolescents after parental separation

Abstract

Abstract This study identified the different categorizations of “living arrangements of adolescents” after parental separation in the literature and examined the situations in which health and wellbeing differences were observed among adolescents. Twenty-two peer-reviewed articles based on original data produced by self-administered questionnaires from quantitative studies were selected. Grouping studies according to the type of custody categorization allowed the comparison of different studies using the same categorization. It is of note that the same categorization of adolescent custody gave rise to inconsistent results in terms of health and wellbeing outcomes.