Since the mid-19th century, wars have delayed, accelerated, and undermined American marriages. These patterns have been attributed to "period effects" since they are similar in all population subgroups.
While “retreat from marriage” rates have been on the rise for all Americans, there has been an increasing divergence in family patterns between blacks and whites, with the former experiencing markedly higher
This article uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to investigate the short-term effects of parental separation on adolescent delinquency and depression.
Parents and children in families living with regular separation due to work develop strategies to manage being apart.
Used meta-analysis to review 177 primary prevention programs designed to prevent behavioral and social problems in children and adolescents.
This study assessed the sleep patterns, sleep disruptions, and sleepiness of school-age children.
Meta-analysis involved 92 studies that compared children living in divorced single-parent families with children living in continuously intact families on measures of well-being.
The primary purposes of the present study were to survey the prevalence of sleep problems in school-aged children and to examine these associations with parental perception of sleep problems, medical history
It has been suggested that the mental health of schoolchildren can be undermined by repeated bullying at school and further exacerbated by having inadequate social support.