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The truth is that divorce does impact kids — sometimes in ways you wouldn’t quite expect. But it isn’t all doom and gloom. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, remind yourself that you’re doing...
U.S.-based psychologist Sharlene Wolchik and colleagues found that parental divorce is associated with significant risks for children and adolescents, including substance abuse and addictions,...
Research has documented that parental divorce/separation is associated with an increased risk for child and adolescent adjustment problems, including academic difficulties (e.g., lower grades and school dropout), disruptive behaviors (e.g., conduct and substance use problems), and depressed mood 2.
Effects of Divorce on Parents. Parents who divorce also experience adverse effects on their physical, emotional, and financial well-being, which may also in turn affect their children. Married (male/female) people are more likely to have better physical health. 1. Married people smoke and drink less (ChildStats.gov 2013). 2.
A comprehensive review of research from several disciplines regarding long-term effects of divorce on children yields a growing consensus that significant numbers of children suffer for many years from psychological and social difficulties associated with continuing and/or new stresses within the postdivorce family and experience heightened ...
Since the children in a divorce vary (different temperaments, different ages), the effects of divorce on children vary, too. FamilyMeans understands this and approaches a divorce by understanding what the effects are on children of all dispositions.
Divorce has an impact on children even when the separation is amicable. Learn how caregivers' separation may affect children and how to help them cope.