Introduction:
Divorce is a common occurrence in today’s society. A divorce can occur for many reasons such as infidelity, unhappiness, money, poor communication, stress of having children, etc… The divorce process can be a long drawn out process and can be physically and emotionally draining on the couple. Not only does this process effect the two parents, but it also effects the child(ren). The effects of the divorce initially effect the chidlren during childhood, and in many cases, the effects cause problems in their adult life as well. The study I read talked about the long term effects divorce and parental death, and how those two things effect the children in their adult lives.
Purpose/goals of Article:
As stated by the author herself, …show more content…
Personally, I was surprised that the researchers chose to conduct interviews as part of their research. This type of data collection, I believe, would be very time consuming and a survey sent over email or mail would have been easier. To begin, researchers mailed out a letter to each home stating important information about the study. The letter also included a “screening form” that the household had to fill out. This form helped the researchers decide who was going to be the participant in the experiment. (Mack, 2001). Each adult (the adult must be 19 years of age or older) living in home was instructed to write their names down in order of age on the form (youngest adult to oldest). Once the forms were back to the researchers, they used the Kish (1965) selection table to determine who would be the participant in the study (Mack, …show more content…
There may already be this, but, I think programs would benefit children effected by both of these disruptions. These programs could meet with the children and their parents to help them discuss any problems. Counseling will also be a great benefit to children in these cases, especially if the children and their parents go together. This may help to avoid some of the effects of divorce.
As to further research, I believe there are some things that could be done differently next time. The first thing I would suggest would be to not use the NSFH data. I believe that if she were to do this again, she should start from scratch with her own research. If she would have used her own data, I believe that her results would have been more accurate to what she would have wanted. The last suggestion I would make for further research would be to conduct two different studies out of this one. I think that Mack should conduct a study specifically for divorce and separate one for parental death. For me personally, I do not think these two should have been compared together in one
Divorce is a common occurrence in today’s society. A divorce can occur for many reasons such as infidelity, unhappiness, money, poor communication, stress of having children, etc… The divorce process can be a long drawn out process and can be physically and emotionally draining on the couple. Not only does this process effect the two parents, but it also effects the child(ren). The effects of the divorce initially effect the chidlren during childhood, and in many cases, the effects cause problems in their adult life as well. The study I read talked about the long term effects divorce and parental death, and how those two things effect the children in their adult lives.
Purpose/goals of Article:
As stated by the author herself, …show more content…
Personally, I was surprised that the researchers chose to conduct interviews as part of their research. This type of data collection, I believe, would be very time consuming and a survey sent over email or mail would have been easier. To begin, researchers mailed out a letter to each home stating important information about the study. The letter also included a “screening form” that the household had to fill out. This form helped the researchers decide who was going to be the participant in the experiment. (Mack, 2001). Each adult (the adult must be 19 years of age or older) living in home was instructed to write their names down in order of age on the form (youngest adult to oldest). Once the forms were back to the researchers, they used the Kish (1965) selection table to determine who would be the participant in the study (Mack, …show more content…
There may already be this, but, I think programs would benefit children effected by both of these disruptions. These programs could meet with the children and their parents to help them discuss any problems. Counseling will also be a great benefit to children in these cases, especially if the children and their parents go together. This may help to avoid some of the effects of divorce.
As to further research, I believe there are some things that could be done differently next time. The first thing I would suggest would be to not use the NSFH data. I believe that if she were to do this again, she should start from scratch with her own research. If she would have used her own data, I believe that her results would have been more accurate to what she would have wanted. The last suggestion I would make for further research would be to conduct two different studies out of this one. I think that Mack should conduct a study specifically for divorce and separate one for parental death. For me personally, I do not think these two should have been compared together in one