In the 21st century, divorce has become an increasingly common issue among families. Years ago, the nuclear family was once considered to be the cultural and social norm in society; however, in today’s modern society, it is almost as common to hail from a divorced family as it is to come from a nuclear one. Yet, it should be noted that only 42% of marriages end in divorces (www.relate.org.uk, 2016). It is also evidently clear that single parent families are on the rise when considering the statistics; the results showed that 120,000 families with children divorced in 2013. The families used in these statistics were either married couples or cohabiting (www.relate.org.uk, 2016). According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), between
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New research studies have also been focusing on the children’s social and emotional development. And according to the ONS, there was a rise in divorces in 1995 (Ons.gov.uk, 2013) and upon examination it was revealed that the children who would have gone through the family breakdown back, showed that the consequences of their parents’ actions had left them with serious problems. Hetherington and Kelly (2002) found that 25% of individuals who had experienced their parents’ divorce ended up with serious long-term emotional, social and psychological problems and this just shows that divorces can affect people in many different ways. Some children may grow up and never experience problems due to their parents’ divorce, but some may end up facing challenges in their …show more content…
The search was limited to papers that had been published in English in journals during January 2000 all the way to December 2015. Studies were initially excluded if they were not published or researched in England, however this exclusion criteria did not work in favour of finding relevant journals. Thus, this resulted in the decision that journals from outside of England should be included for the sake of having a wide range of options. For papers to be included they had to be mainly qualitative, focus on children and divorce, and use these words in their keywords and title. Due to the difficulty of finding interviews that fit the criteria of what is being searched for, the exclusion criteria will have to be broadened so that there is a wide range of literature to be reviewed and
New research studies have also been focusing on the children’s social and emotional development. And according to the ONS, there was a rise in divorces in 1995 (Ons.gov.uk, 2013) and upon examination it was revealed that the children who would have gone through the family breakdown back, showed that the consequences of their parents’ actions had left them with serious problems. Hetherington and Kelly (2002) found that 25% of individuals who had experienced their parents’ divorce ended up with serious long-term emotional, social and psychological problems and this just shows that divorces can affect people in many different ways. Some children may grow up and never experience problems due to their parents’ divorce, but some may end up facing challenges in their …show more content…
The search was limited to papers that had been published in English in journals during January 2000 all the way to December 2015. Studies were initially excluded if they were not published or researched in England, however this exclusion criteria did not work in favour of finding relevant journals. Thus, this resulted in the decision that journals from outside of England should be included for the sake of having a wide range of options. For papers to be included they had to be mainly qualitative, focus on children and divorce, and use these words in their keywords and title. Due to the difficulty of finding interviews that fit the criteria of what is being searched for, the exclusion criteria will have to be broadened so that there is a wide range of literature to be reviewed and