LONGITUDINAL-STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN IN GREAT-BRITAIN AND THE UNITED-STATES
LONGITUDINAL-STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN IN GREAT-BRITAIN AND THE UNITED-STATES
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DOI：
10.1126/science.2047851
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发表时间：
1991-06-07
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
TEITLER, JO
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作者：
CHERLIN, AJ;FURSTENBERG, FF;TEITLER, JO
英国和美国的全国性纵向调查被用来调查离婚对儿童的影响。 在这两项研究中，在第一次访谈中（英国数据为7岁，美国数据为7至11岁）来自双亲家庭的儿童的子样本被跟踪到下一次访谈（分别为11岁和11至16岁）。 在英国数据中的两个时间点，家长和老师独立地对孩子的行为问题进行评级，并对孩子进行阅读和数学成绩测试。 在美国数据的两个时间点，父母对孩子的行为问题进行了评级。 父母在两个时间点之间离婚或分居的儿童与家庭保持完整的儿童进行比较。 对于男孩来说，考虑到在任何一个家庭破裂之前的早期时间点存在的行为问题、成就水平和家庭困难，分居或离婚对后来时间点的行为问题和成就的明显影响急剧减少。 对女孩来说，离婚的明显影响减少的程度较小，但一旦考虑到先前存在的条件，仍然是明显的。
National, longitudinal surveys from Great Britain and the United States were used to investigate the effects of divorce on children. In both studies, a subsample of children who were in two-parent families during the initial interview (at age 7 in the British data and at ages 7 to 11 in the U.S. data) were followed through the next interview (at age 11 and ages 11 to 16, respectively). At both time points in the British data, parents and teachers independently rated the children's behavior problems, and the children were given reading and mathematics achievement tests. At both time points in the U.S. data, parents rated the children's behavior problems. Children whose parents divorced or separated between the two time points were compared to children whose families remained intact. For boys, the apparent effect of separation or divorce on behavior problems and achievement at the later time point was sharply reduced by considering behavior problems, achievement levels, and family difficulties that were present at the earlier time point, before any of the families had broken up. For girls, the reduction in the apparent effect of divorce occurred to a lesser but still noticeable extent once preexisting conditions were considered.