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A Prospective Study of the Effects of Marital Status and Family Relations on Young Children's Adjustment among African American and European American Families.
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Shaw, Daniel S.; Winslow, Emily B.; Flanagan, Clare – Child Development, 1999
Investigated effects of divorce and family relations on young children's development in ethnically diverse low-income families. Found that soon-to-be-divorced families demonstrated higher rates of preschool-age behavior problems, and already-divorced families showed similar trends. Parental conflict and behavior problems accounted for pre-divorce…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis