The effect of social anxiety, generalized anxiety, depression and substance abuse on child support payment compliance among non-custodial parents

Elizabeth Thomason, Joseph A. Himle, Richard M. Tolman, Brandy R. Sinco and Sue Ann Savas

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 79, issue C, 180-185

Abstract: Millions of children live with custodial parents (CPs) who have child support court orders for the non-custodial parent (NCP) to provide payments to the CP for care of the children. Unfortunately, less than half of CPs receives full child support. A key issue influencing the failure to pay child support is NCP unemployment. Despite a clear association between unemployment and several mental disorders, the nature and prevalence of mental disorders has not been investigated in the NCP population. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between mental health and substance use problems among non-custodial parents and their payment of child support. The study also investigated whether unemployment mediated the relationship between these variables.

Keywords: Mental disorders; Substance use disorders; Employment; Child support; Compliance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.05.035

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