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Divorce can trigger feelings of grief, loss, and identity crises, but a therapist can provide coping tools, help reframe negative thought patterns, and guide you through the process of healing.
Divorce can affect both the people getting divorced and any children they may have in both the short and long term. After a divorce, the couple often experiences effects including decreased levels of happiness, [1] a change in economic status, and emotional problems. The effects on children can include academic, behavioral, and psychological ...
Judith Wallerstein (December 27, 1921 – June 18, 2012) was a psychologist and researcher who created a 25-year study on the effects of divorce on the children involved. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She received a number of prominent awards and honors and wrote four best selling books.
The first year after the divorce, I felt extremely out of touch with my children when they were at the other parent's home. Giving my kids phones was a great decision as a divorced parent.
Studies have associated family disruption to delinquency and drug use. According to a study conducted in 1999 by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) that studied the relationship between family types and levels of delinquency/drug use, the greater number of times children live through a divorce, the more delinquent they become. [5]
It was hearing from a few select women that after they wrote it, they felt better. That some of the trauma left their body. Writing made them brave. The larger mission. Women’s voices are not heard.
Conflict between parents who remain married, often for the perceived sake of the children, but whose separation or divorce would in fact remove a detrimental influence on those children (must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, as a breakup may harm children.) Parents who wish to divorce, but cannot due to financial, societal (including ...
A 2021 study from The Journals of Gerontology finds that women 50 and older who divorce experience a 45% decline in their standard of living, compared to 21% for men, and Pew finds they are more ...