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2. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
In our present time, divorce is something that many families might
have to endure at some point in time.
More than 1 million children each year experience their parents
divorce (Cohen, 2002).
3. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
The dynamic of the family unit is changing and not for the good
given the divorce rates around the country (Adams & Coltrane,
2007).
4. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
According to Huurre, Junkkari & Aro(2006), more children today
are raised in divorced families or single parent families than
two-parent families.
5. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children of divorce often have difficulty in adjusting to the
change in their family dynamic.
A child of divorce might struggle academically, struggle
emotionally or act out toward authority after experiencing their
parents divorce.
6. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
According to Brown, Frederico, Hewitt & Sheehan (2001),
children who are often put in the middle of a divorce or
separationmight be faced with emotional problems due to the added
stress from their parents separation.
7. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children may also act differently to their parents divorce
depending on their age range.
According to Cohen (2002), children of school age might appear to
be moody, show more aggression and preoccupied; adolescents might
endure decrease self-esteem, experiment with substance use, partake
in promiscuous behavior, depression and delinquent behavior.
8. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Cohen (2002), also indicates that children of all ages might feel a
sense of guilt or personal responsibility for the separation of
their parents. They might also feel obligated to be the one to put
their family back together.
9. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
When a child observes conflict between their parents, they might
react to the conflict with fear, anger or the inhibition of normal
behavior (Amado & Cheadle, 2008).
10. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
A study (Malone, Lansford, Casellino, Berlin, Dodge, Bates &
Pettit, 2004) indicates that a childs gender and timing of divorce
can determine the development of behavioral problems.
The study indicates that girls externalizing behavioral problems
was not affected by experiencing their parents divorce while for
boys their parents divorce did affect their externalizing
behavioral problems.
11. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
The study by Malone et al. (2004) also indicated that for boys
their externalizing behavioral problems increased over time if the
conflict continued with their parents after the divorce.
12. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children of divorced families might also endure emotional problems
which sometimes carry with them through adulthood.
Crossman & Adams (1980) state that children from divorced
families show poor patterns of social development. They may have
difficulty making new friends or lack interest in participating in
extracurricular activities as a result of some of the emotional
distress from their parents divorce.
13. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children from divorced families are sometimes thrown into a new
life such as relocating to a new home or having to move back and
forth between their parents homes.
This might cause the inability to participate in activities which
they had previously enjoyed while in their stable two-parent
household which can affect them emotionally (Huurreet al.
2006).
14. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Compared to a child from a two-parent family, a child from divorce
is more likely to be oppositional, aggressive, distractible and
demanding (Crossman et al. 1980).
15. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
According to Piemont (2009) a child from divorce will often have
difficulty developing a healthy attachment style and managing
uncontained drive energies along with feeling overwhelmed by
feelings of powerlessness and insignificance when it comes to
developing relationships.
16. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Parental divorce has been associated with maladaptive academic and
behavioral outcomes for children such as depression, anxiety,
school drop out, drug and alcohol use and poor academic performance
(Thomas & Gibbons, 2009).
17. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Thomas & Gibbons (2009) also indicate that children from
divorced families often demonstrate remarkable resilience in that
they often bounce back successfully from a traumatic event such as
divorce.
18. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Children today have different resources of assistance when it comes
to coping with their parents divorce such as counseling or peer
groups.
Parents should be more open-minded when dealing with their divorce
with their children involved because they could be incidentally be
putting the child in an uncomfortable place in making them feel
they should choose one parent of over the other (Brown &
Gibbons, 2009).
19. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
Marital conflict and divorce show a greater risk in behavioral
problems in children (Amado & Cheadle, 2008).
Children can interpret the conflict between their parents
differently which can cause an imbalance in their development
depending on the nature of interactions which they are exposed
to.
20. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
The impact of divorce on a child weighs heavily on the nature of
their parents separation.
Based on the research conducted, it would be valid in stating that
there is a relationship between deviant behavior and emotional
problems in children who come from divorced families.
21. IMPACT OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN
It might be important for families who have to deal with divorce to
look into support systems which can help a child with the
transition from a two-parent family to a divorced family.
22. References
Adams, M., Coltrane, S. (2007). Framing divorce reform: media,
mortality and the politics of Family. Family Process, 46 (1),
17-34
Amato, P. R., Cheadle, J. E. (2008). Parental divorce, martial
conflict and childrens behavioral Problems: A comparison of adopted
and biological children. Social Forces, 86 (3), 1139 1161.
23. References
Brown T., Frederico, M., Hewitt, L., Sheehan, R. (2001). The child
abuse and divorce myth. Child Abuse Review, 10 (2), 113-124.
Cohen, G. J. (2002). Helping children and families deal with
divorce and separation. Pediatrics, 110 (5).
Crossman, S. M., Adams, G. R. (1980). Divorce, single parenting and
child development. The Journal of Psychology, 106, 205-217.
24. References
Huurre, T., Junkkari, H., Aro, H. (2006). Long-term psyhosocial
effects of parental divorce. European Archives of Psychiatry and
Clinical Neuroscience, 256 (4), 256-263.
Malone, P. S., Lansford, J. E., Casellino, D. R., Berlin, L. J.,
Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G.S. (2004). Divorce and
behavior problems: Applying latent change score models to life
event data. Structural Equation Modeling, 11 (3), 401-423.
25. References
Piemont, L. (2009). The epigenesis of psychopathology in children
of divorce. Modern Psychoanalysis, 34 (2), 97-115.
Thomas, D. A., Gibbons, M. M. (2009). Narrative theory: A career
counseling approach for adolescents of divorce. Professional School
Counseling, 12 (3), 223-229.