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Download full textRenninger, Gretchen; Chambliss, Catherine – 1991
Many studies have been done pertaining to the effects of parental divorce on children. Recently, studies have shown that parental marital status has an effect on adolescents' sexual activity. Specifically, children of divorced parents have been found to be younger at first coitus than children of married parents. This study attempted to replicate…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Divorce, High Schools, Marital Status
Peer reviewedBorrine, M. Lisa; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1991
Examined two contrasting views of how parental marital status relates to long-term adjustment of children. Results of analyses on white adolescents (n=917) from intact, divorced, and blended families failed to support physical wholeness position; rather, results supported psychological wholeness position. Adolescents' adjustment was related to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Conflict, Divorce
