According to National Statics, around 50% of first marriages end in divorce (NATIONAL STATISTIC REFERENCE). 87). Research has indicated that 38% of White children and 75% Black children experience parental divorce before they are 16 years old (Bumpass, 1984). This extraordinarily difficult experience can have an intense psychological impact on both the parents and children. Although the parents may see sufficient gain from the divorce, such as finding new partners, finding new hobbies, finding themselves again, this may be a different case for the children as they see no advantage over the divorce of their parents. Reactions of divorce vary with age, younger children often feel neglected whilst parents struggle with the stress of the divorce,
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A vast majority of studies have examined the impact that divorce has on children, including their psychological adjustment, levels of well-being, and educational attainment which can be detrimental to the children when growing up, as these effects can develop into long term problems in adulthood. Compared to intact families, children from divorced families often experience lower levels of psychological well-being (Amato & Keith, 1991). This research stressed the relationship between the experience of a parental-break up and symptoms of depression in adulthood (Wauterickx, Gouwy & Bracke, 2006). Research by Cherlin, Chase0Lansadale & McRae, 1997) supports an enduring negative effect of parental divorce on adult childrens mental health. Evidence has proposed that parental divorce contributes to low socioeconomic status and disruptive interpersonal relationships, which in-turn, affect depression in adulthood (Ross & Mirowsky, …show more content…
Those from divorced families are more probable to marry at young age (Glenn & Kramer, 1987) and report lack of trust and instability within this marriage, typically divorcing as a consequence (Webster, Orbuch, & House, 1995). This research is typically prominent in middle class white children (Hines, 1997). Amato (1996) suggests this is because adults from divorced families typically exhibit jealous, angry and uncommunicative behaviours which can contribute to the inability to sustain and long term relationship/marriage. Consequently, a multitude of evidence advocates a likelihood of divorce due to problems in their marriages from adults whose parents are divorced likewise (Nock, 2000). A number of psychological explanations are applied in order to understand the correlation between divorce and interpersonal relationships; the most prominent being the socialization theory (Amato & Keith, 1991). This theory suggests that dysfunctional learning experiences associated with single parent families consequently result in these negative effects such as negative personality traits and the termination of
A vast majority of studies have examined the impact that divorce has on children, including their psychological adjustment, levels of well-being, and educational attainment which can be detrimental to the children when growing up, as these effects can develop into long term problems in adulthood. Compared to intact families, children from divorced families often experience lower levels of psychological well-being (Amato & Keith, 1991). This research stressed the relationship between the experience of a parental-break up and symptoms of depression in adulthood (Wauterickx, Gouwy & Bracke, 2006). Research by Cherlin, Chase0Lansadale & McRae, 1997) supports an enduring negative effect of parental divorce on adult childrens mental health. Evidence has proposed that parental divorce contributes to low socioeconomic status and disruptive interpersonal relationships, which in-turn, affect depression in adulthood (Ross & Mirowsky, …show more content…
Those from divorced families are more probable to marry at young age (Glenn & Kramer, 1987) and report lack of trust and instability within this marriage, typically divorcing as a consequence (Webster, Orbuch, & House, 1995). This research is typically prominent in middle class white children (Hines, 1997). Amato (1996) suggests this is because adults from divorced families typically exhibit jealous, angry and uncommunicative behaviours which can contribute to the inability to sustain and long term relationship/marriage. Consequently, a multitude of evidence advocates a likelihood of divorce due to problems in their marriages from adults whose parents are divorced likewise (Nock, 2000). A number of psychological explanations are applied in order to understand the correlation between divorce and interpersonal relationships; the most prominent being the socialization theory (Amato & Keith, 1991). This theory suggests that dysfunctional learning experiences associated with single parent families consequently result in these negative effects such as negative personality traits and the termination of