Computer Intervention for Adolescent Children of Divorce

Abstract

This studv exolored the learning and effects of teens and parents participatin~tog&her in an educational computer divorce adjustment Dronram. Thirteen m airs consisting of a child (1 2-17) and a biological pareit, who had noi been divorcd for more than $years, volunteer to participate in a computer intervention and follow-up study. Volunteers came to the computer lab, took a short pre-test and played the computer game. A week later a post-test was mailed. One week after the post-test had been mailed, a 10 minute telephone inter- view with both parent and teen was conducted. Utilizing the divorce computer program did not statistically improve knowledge needed for divorce adjustment, as this welleducated sample had considerable mastery of divorce information prior to the study. However, parents and teens reported an increase in understanding and communication and a decrease in conflicts related to the divorce adjustment process as a result of taking the computer intervention.

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