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The Long-Term Effects of Parental Divorce on the Mental Health Young Adults: A Developmental Perspective


  Author: P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, Andrew J. Cherlin, Kathleen E. Kiernan
Publisher: Population Research Center
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Document Date:                  January 1994
Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
Related Categories:
Divorce and Remarriage > Impact of Divorce on Children
Divorce and Remarriage > Parental Divorce
 

In this study of the long-term effects of divorce on children, the authors found that children and adolescents who experienced their parents' divorce were more likely to have mental health problems as young adults.  The effects of divorce timing, remarriage, and child gender on these outcomes are also discussed.

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