Peer-Reviewed Publications Regarding SES Family

Overview of Published Peer-Reviewed Research Articles

Updated in 2025 by Daniel Bach Johnsen, Ph.D.

Note: “SES” is often translated as “CAD” (Cooperation After Divorce).

The “SES NXT” digital intervention for children of relationship dissolution: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial study

Published in: Internet Interventions (2025)
Authors: Øverup, C., Johnsen, D. B., Skriver, M., Sander, S., & Hald, G. M.

The paper describes the study protocol for a randomized controlled trial study for “SES NXT”. The study examines the effectiveness of an online psycho-social intervention for children who have experienced parental relationship dissolution in Denmark, using a two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial study design. The study will contribute to the extant knowledge about the effectiveness of digital interventions for youths experiencing parental relationship dissolution.

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The Efficacy of Digital Help for Divorced Danes: Randomized Controlled Trial of Cooperation After Divorce (CAD) and Sick Days

Published in: Contemporary Family Therapy (2024)
Authors: Sander, S., Strizzi, J., Cipric, A., Øverup, C., & Hald, G. M.

The study found that the Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) intervention decreased sick days for newly divorced individuals. The intervention group reported on average, 5.82 fewer sick days one year post-divorce than did participants in the control condition. The results indicate that CAD offers long-term benefits for the individual, family, and the public.

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Mental Health Trajectories after Juridical Divorce: Does Personality Matter?

Published in: Journal of Personality (2022)
Authors: Hald, G. M., Wimmelmann, C. L., Øverup, C. S., Cipric, A., Sander, S., & Strizzi, J. M.

The study found that neuroticism is the personality dimension most predictive of negative post-divorce mental health outcomes.

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Does One Size Fit All? Demographic- and Socioeconomic Predictors of the Effectiveness of a Post-divorce Digital Intervention on Stress

Published in: Psychosocial Intervention (2021)
Authors: Ciprić, A., Štulhofer, A., Øverup, C. S., Strizzi, J. M., Sander, S., & Hald, G. M.

The results suggest a beneficial health effects of the Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) digital platform across socioeconomic characteristics in the postdivorce period. Moreover, the results indicated that, compared to higher-educated, lower-educated participants experienced a larger reduction in symptoms of anxiety over time due to intervention.

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Divorce Is Stressful, But How Stressful? Perceived Stress Among Recently Divorced Danes

Published in: Journal of Divorce & Remarriage (2021)
Authors: Strizzi, J. M., Ciprić, A., Sander, S., & Hald, G. M.

Divorced individuals have significantly higher perceived stress levels than the background population. Lower age, lower education level, lower income, infidelity, and higher divorce conflict predict higher stress levels among both men and women.

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Examining Gender Effects in Post-divorce Adjustment Trajectories over the First Year after Divorce in Denmark

Published in: Journal of Family Psychology (2021)
Authors: Strizzi, J. M., Koert, E., Øverup, C. S., Ciprić, A., Sander, S., Lange, T., Schmidt, L., & Hald, G. M.

The results showed that 12-month post-divorce mental and physical health adjustment does not differ by gender.

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Cooperation after divorce: A randomized controlled trial of an online divorce intervention on hostility

Published in: Psychology of Violence (2020)
Authors: Øverup, C. S., Ciprić, A., Gad Kjeld, S., Strizzi, J. M., Sander, S., Lange, T., & Hald, G. M.

The study found that the Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) intervention platform significantly reduced hostility among divorcees over a 1-year period postdivorce. For both men and women in the intervention group, but not the control group, hostility levels reduced to expected normative national levels after one year period.

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Randomized controlled trial study of the effects of an online divorce platform on anxiety, depression, and somatization

Published in: Journal of Family Psychology (2020)
Authors: Hald, G. M., Cipric, A., Øverup, C. S., Štulhofer, A., Lange, T., Sander, S., Gad Kjeld, S., Strizzi, J. M.

The study found that the SES / Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) intervention significantly reduced anxious, depressive, and somatization symptoms among divorcees in the intervention group over a 1-year period postdivorce compared to the control group. The intervention group reverted to expected national symptom levels while the control group did not. No gender differences were detected.

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An RCT Study of the Effects of a Digital Divorce Platform on Mental and Physical Health

Published in: Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being (2020)
Authors: Sander, S., Hald, G. M., Cipric, A., Øverup, C. S., Strizzi, J. M., Gad Kjeld, S., & Lange, T.

The study found significant treatment effects of SES / Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) intervention on mental and physical health. The study also found that the intervention group had significantly better mental health than the control group over a 1-year period postdivorce. No gender differences were detected.

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Cooperation after Divorce: An RCT study of the effects of a digital intervention platform on self-perceived stress

Published in: Psychosocial Intervention (2020)
Authors: Cipric, A., Strizzi, J. M., Øverup, C. S., Štulhofer, A., Lange, T., Sander, S., Gad Kjeld, S., Hald, G. M.

The study found that the Cooperation after Divorce (CAD) intervention significantly accelerated the reduction of stress among recently divorced individuals. After one year, the intervention group reverted to normed national stress levels while the control group did not. No gender differences were detected.

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