often resulting in poor parenting on a temporary or
long time basis. Because parents stop living
together after a divorce, children often end up with one
residential and one non-residential parent (typically the
father).Only in the case of joint physical custody do children
keep residing with both parents on an alternating basis. The
contact with a non-residential parent often declines over
time. Nevertheless, one of the most
important factors for adolescent wellbeing has shown to be
the quality of the parent–child relationship, rather than the
amount of contact. In addition
of custody arrangements, parent–child relationships may
also be influenced by post-divorce family transitions. For
example, the presence of a new partner was found to have a
detrimental effect on the parent–child relationship.