Group intervention programs for children from separated or divorced families - A review

Various intervention programs for children living in separated or divorced families are developed and carried out in a still increasing number. In comparison to this boom of counselling the number of research projects and psychological publications, especially in the German-speaking countries, is very few. Therefore the aim of this review article is to discover and to systematize this field of research. The article is based on group interventions, 46 of them have been published in English and 9 in German language. The theoretical background and the aims of the programs, the target group and the criteria for selecting the groups, context variables and methodological conceptions of the interventions as well as their evaluation are subject of description and discussion.