Negative Effects On Divorce

In a journal discussing the behavior risks of children during a divorce, Gustavsen, Nayga Jr., and Wu state that “Divorce can also cause disruptions and emotional stress for children through parental separation, hostility, and residential/school dislocation” (474). Yes the loud arguing and vulgar words used between the parents while in the process of a divorce can be very emotional and hard for the child to hear, but so can the physical separation of the family in general. When a family is separated through divorce, the children can be bounced around from parent to parent depending on the legal situation or parenting schedule. The children may not gain a close relationship with one of the parents through this setup. A problem that may arise out of the setup is the hatred of the other parent being presented to the children. The children may form a bias of one of the parents based on the parents expressed views of one another. In a journal discussing the long-term effects of a divorce, it says that “Initially, Hetherington (1972) found that compared to other girls, daughters of divorced parents sought more attention from men” (Johnsson, Njardvik, Olafsdottir, and Gretarsson 101). Many children may not have had a strong connection or personal relationship with their father or mother because of the legal parenting schedule

Divorce is one of many controversial subjects in family and human development research. What inspired me to critically analyze the article “Does Divorce Create Long-Term Negative Effects for Children?” is the challenge it would be for me to put my bias aside considering I am from a divorced home. After reading the article and analyzing it over and over, I can’t help but think that the writer answering “YES” to this controversial question overlooked many variables and over generalized his findings and research. With Zinsmeister overgeneralizing his research, not considering enough alternate explanations for long-term negative effects divorce, and his lack of relevant information needed to assess reliability and validity are why I find this article to be insightful but not accurate and hope to show why.

The statistics for divorce in the 1990's suggest that nearly sixty percent of marriages end in divorce. Given this startling figure, the assumption can be made that many children will experience some effects caused by the life-changing event called divorce. What is it exactly about divorce that causes negative consequences for these children? In what ways will these children be effected? Will these effects show outwardly? I will attempt to uncover some of the complexities surrounding these psychological questions in the following text. The unsettling fact is: young children of divorced parents face great psychological challenges due to the environmental conditions and changes associated with divorce (Wolchik and Karoly 45).

Fagan, Patrick F. and Robert Rector. "The Effects of Divorce on America." World & I, vol. 15, no. 10, Oct. 2000, p. 56. EBSCOhost, fortwayne.libproxy.ivytech.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.fortwayne.libproxy.ivytech.edu.allstate.libproxy.ivytech.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=3628746&site=ehost-live&scope=site. Accessed 24 March 2017. Fagan and Rector discuss the many issues divorce can have on a child. They argue that when it comes to divorce, there are primarily negative outcomes for the child involved. Children who are victims of a divorced family have an increased chance to abuse drugs and become involved in crime. These children also have a higher rate of living in poverty, being undereducated, and becoming psychologically

Healthy, loving, stable marriages are good for the couples in them; for the children of those relationships, their emotional, physical, educational and social wellbeing depends on a harmonious union between their parents. The effects of parental discord and divorce on a child’s development are far reaching. In fact, studies show that the divorce greatly impacts the intergenerational transmission of attachment styles. The grim reality is that fifty percent of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. On any given day an average 6,646 marriages end (Ruane, 2013), leaving the children of those relationships at risk for academic, behavioral and psychological problems. Further, research indicates that children of divorce experience

Studies comparing both children of divorced parents and children of married parent’s shows those of divorced parents had a greater risk percentile of suffering academically and experiencing emotional trauma. Research comparing children of divorced children to children with married parents show that children from divorced homes suffer academically, they usually experience high levels of behavioral problems, and they are less likely to graduate from high school.2 Other research has gone to show that children of divorced parents are more highly likely compared to children of married parents to be incarcerated for committing a crime as a juvenile and it has further shown that once they become teenagers they are more likely to engage in doing drugs and alcohol.4-5 A few more statistics to consider from this research is that children of divorced parents suffer from psychological distress and encounter emotional scars that last way into their adulthood.A research called the Wallerstein study was done by a psychologist named Judith Wallerstein who followed a group of children of divorce from the 1970s all the way to the 1990s.Judith began interviewing them 18 months after their parents’ divorce then 5,10,15,and 25 years after . She believed that after all that time the children now adults would most

In recent decades the family institution has undergone a dramatic transformation focusing on increased divorce rates, cohabitation rates, and the number of children raised in step and single marital families (Amato, 2000; Bumpass & Lu, 2000; Graefe & Lichter, 1999). Due to the increase of divorce rates children move more frequently and deal with additional family transitions throughout their childhood (Brown, 2006). As these changes slowly increase, about 40% of kids who are born to wedded, two-biological- parent families have a higher chance of parental divorce prior to reaching adulthood(Amato,2000). In addition, these children will likely experience a multitude of family disruptions and transitions as parents decide to remarry and progress with new partners. The family atmospheres during these times are incredibly detrimental to the growth and development of these children (Sun& Li, 2009). Research studies show that parental divorce can compromise educational success for their children. Children in two-parent families have noticeably higher test scores than children who are in single parent families and also had lower chances of graduating from high school (Sun & Li, 2001). One of the rationalizations for the academic difficulty in divorced

Divorce negatively affects teens academic success. “It diminishes learning capacities and high school and college attainment” (Fagan, 1999). In general most children live with their mother after their parents go through a divorce. “The absence of the father lowers cognitive test scores for young children in general, but especially for girls’ math scores.”, “By age thirteen there is an average difference of half year in reading abilities between children of divorced parents and those from intact families.” (Fagan, 1999). Divorce is at an all time high in the United States. Divorced parents is affecting children of all ages and it is even beginning to affect those in adulthood. “Molepo (2012) explains that ‘the findings suggest that teachers perceive younger children from divorced parents were more likely to have emotional and behavioural challenges than those from intact families’” Divorce affects all ages of their offspring, in this study, high school teenagers were the only ones that were

40 to 50 percent of marriages end in divorce (American Psychological Association, Paragraph 1), with 2nd marriages having a 60 percent chance, and 3rd marriages having a 73 percent chance (McKinley Irvin, Paragraph 3). That number is expected to rise through the years, and at the same time marriage is expected to slightly fall. Since 2001, marriage has either fallen a slim or stayed consistent, while divorce has been on a steady climb. With 876,000 divorces a year (McKinley Irvin, Paragraph 5), there's no doubt that it can have some long or short term effects on people. With children having a higher probability of being in poverty, having behavioral problems, and performing less well in school (JRF Paragraph 5), what effects does divorce

Every year, thousands of American children suffer through their parent’s divorce. Divorce hurts everyone involved, but most of the damage falls to the children to bear and can even put their lives at risk. Even though divorce has been shown to help some individuals in a miniscule amount of individual cases, over the large scale of available cases it causes a decrease in the individuals’ quality of life. The changes and effects can scale anywhere from their being to effects to the effects being completely obvious to see. They can develop problems academically, socially and psychologically.

During the ‘70s, the United States saw a sharp increase in the divorce rate. It raised 79% within seven years (1970-1977), which meant that out of ten married couples eight of them were likely to end up in divorce. Even though the numbers are not skyrocketing today in the twenty-first century, and data such as one from Statistical Abstract 2009 shows that marriages last longer nowadays than in the nineteenth-century, divorce still happens and so remains the mindset that divorces are unhealthy for children. Studies supporting this concern prove that divorces do affect children negatively in the

Moon, M. (2011). The Effects of Divorce on Children: Married and Divorced Parents ' Perspectives. Journal Of Divorce & Remarriage, 344-349.

Divorce is a plague that is destroying numerous families across the United States of America. Sadly, when husbands and wives divorce, the children are often caught directly in the middle. Throughout the years divorce has been becoming more and more common. In the 1920's it was a rare find to know a person whom had been divorced, today it is a rarity not to know of one who has been, or will be divorced. Divorce has numerous effects on the structures of families, and many devastating effects on the children that must experience it, although sometimes necessary, divorce radically changes the lives of adolescents and adults alike.

In America, there is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds. A divorce is a court judgment ending the marriage. There are several causes of divorce, but also there are many effects of divorce on kids, society, husband, and wife. Kids are the most beautiful things in the earth if people cannot deal with them those kids will depart in their life. Also, the society will effect in the divorce by bad behavior from the kids and the husband and wife. Moreover, the husband and the wife playing the main important role in divorce for example, if they love and respect each other they will be no divorce. The cause of divorce can be grouped into three main headings: the rapid change in society, communication gap between spouses, and maltreatment.

The institution of marriage has continued to weaken over the past decade. Numerous individuals have failed to have a successful marriage and therefore are divorced. While the impact of a divorce can be challenging for adults, it can be extremely difficult for the children involved. Many adults believe that they should stay in a bad marriage for the children but, this does more harm than good. In these situations, children grow up to learn what they believe is a healthy marriage but, children often see their parents arguing or not seeing them support one another. As a result, these individuals may end up in bad relationships with significant consequences as they are unsure of what a healthy marriage is. During a divorce, younger children struggle to comprehend what it going on and what the outcome will be. While some outcomes of a divorce are positive for children, such as cases like an abusive relationship, many children can experience a negative aftermath. With over 1 million American children suffering from a divorce every year, there is many unspoken social, emotional, and physical consequences of divorce on children (Amato and Keith, 26). Potentially, these effects could last well into adulthood, affecting the future generations and impacting society as a whole.