Contact Between Non-Resident Parents and Their Children During the COVID-19 in Hungary

Abstract

Several studies have examined the factors that can influence contact between non-resident parents and their children (Goldberg & Carlson 2015, Skevik 2006). The distance between the place of residence of the non-resident parent and their child(ren) has been found to be important in terms of the frequency of in-person contact (Manning et al. 2003; Cheadle et al. 2010). The majority of research on this topic focuses on the frequency and quality of face-to-face visitation between non-resident parents and their children (Kalmijn, 2015, Köppen et al., Szalma & Rékai 2019). Although some studies have explored other types of contact such as overnight stays (Haux & Platt, 2020; King et al. 2004) and phone contact (Leite & McKenry, 2002; Meggiolaro & Ongaro, 2014), these remain marginal. Other types of communications between non-resident parents and their children might be under-researched because face-to-face contact is a condition for other types of contact (Schier 2016).