Effects of Parental Seperation on Young Children

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The Effects of Divorce on very young children AMU For my article I chose to do my study on the Effects of Parental Separation and Divorce on Very Young Children. This research study was conducted in 2000 by the American Psychological Association Incorporation K. Alison Clarke-Stewart, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, University of California, Irvine; Deborah L. Vandell, Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin—Madison; Kathleen McCartney, Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire; Margaret T. Owen, School of Human Development, University of Texas at Dallas; Cathryn Booth, Department of Family and Child Nursing, University of Washington. This data was collected and analyzed to see the effects of divorce of marital separation on infants and very young children. There has been tons of research done that shows detrimental effects on school age children and young adolescence. Everyone can see the effects separation and divorce play on older children because they can verbally tell you and it shows in their work performance whether it be in their grades in school or sports or overall negative behavior. However few studies have targeted on younger children and their psychological being or the effect of their cognitive behavior. This sample study targeted the first three years of a child’s life. The study included children of 73 single moms that have never been married, and 97 divorced mothers. It also had a group of 170 children from a two parent household (Clark-Stewart, McCartney, Owen, Booth, 2000). The study showed that the children from a two parent home were better in cognitive and social behavior, attachment security and overall better behaved. Although there are many variables that could be tested when it comes to this topic the two main ones were marital status and family structure. The study concluded
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