Report Summary January 19, 2001
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Children and Divorce
Does divorce turn children into troubled adults?
By David Masci

Almost half of all American children must cope, at some point in their lives, with the disintegration of their parents' marriage. A controversial new study by psychiatrist Judith Wallerstein contends that the children of divorce are much more likely to be troubled as adults and that couples with kids need to try harder to remain married. But critics describe the study as unscientific and argue that. . . .

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Masci, D. (2001, January 19). Children and divorce. CQ Researcher, 11, 25-40. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
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Document URL: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2001011901


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