Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston may be on-again, off-again, but the impact of their child custody decision will have a long-lasting impact on their child, Tripp. According to the latest news from CNN and other sources, Palin and Johnston have agreed to share legal custody.
The custody agreement reached by the couple states that Palin will have primary physical custody of Tripp, while Johnston will have visitation rights two days per week. This agreement comes several weeks after Bristol called off the couple’s re-engagement.
Impact of Child Custody
In one study, published in the Journal of Family Psychology, psychologist Robert Bauserman, PhD, analyzed 33 studies that included 1,846 sole custody and 814 joint custody children. He found that children from divorced families who either live with both parents at different times or spend a specific amount of time with each parent are better adjusted in most cases than children who live and interact with just one parent.
In another study, published in Law and Human Behavior, the investigators found that families with joint custody had fewer child adjustment problems. In yet another study, also published in the Journal of Family Psychology (2007), researchers found that the more time children lived with their fathers after divorce, the better their current relationships were with their fathers, independent of conflict between the parents.
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