Examples of this finding can be found in the interview conducted with Ashley, explaining how distraught her friends were emotionally when their parents went through a divorce. If the environment in which the divorce occurs is negative, adolescents are more likely to feel distressed. Adolescents also want to be heard by their parents about how they feel about the divorce. Sometimes the parents may be wrapped up in their own situations that the adolescent believes the only way to be heard is to seek out ways to get their attention, sometimes through rebellious acts. Verial also states that adolescents may also experience a decline in their academic performance. (Verial,
Examples of this finding can be found in the interview conducted with Ashley, explaining how distraught her friends were emotionally when their parents went through a divorce. If the environment in which the divorce occurs is negative, adolescents are more likely to feel distressed. Adolescents also want to be heard by their parents about how they feel about the divorce. Sometimes the parents may be wrapped up in their own situations that the adolescent believes the only way to be heard is to seek out ways to get their attention, sometimes through rebellious acts. Verial also states that adolescents may also experience a decline in their academic performance. (Verial,