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New Study: Kids Behavior Problems May Not be Linked to Divorce

April 30, 2008 · 3 comments

Some experts are concluding that divorce is neither good nor bad. Allen Li, associate director of the Population Research Center at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, says it depends on the individual marriages and the family.

Though Li’s findings contrast with a lot of research on the effects divorce has on children. Some argue that Li is controlling so many things in his study that he is literally causing the effects of divorce to disappear.

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Leann Rolen April 30, 2008 at 6:28 pm

I agree with these findings 100%. It’s the adults who end the marriage that determine the effect of the divorce on the children.

Steven Campbell April 30, 2008 at 7:24 pm

I am also very interested in the area of kids behavior after divorce. Thanks for pointing out this research!

jan hembree January 1, 2009 at 11:23 pm

It’s my clinical experince that its the degree of conflict between the parents that is the real culprit in chidren’s adjustment problems.

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