Parental marital conflict and marital change: effects on child, adolescent and young adult developmental outcomes

攻击性和/或犯罪行为，糟糕的学校表现和学习，无法发展社会关系或成功加入劳动力市场都与家庭结构和家庭功能有关。不幸的是，由于以前的研究主要涉及临床样本或小人群亚组，目前的政策知之甚少。这项研究是澳大利亚唯一一项关于婚姻变化对儿童和青少年发展的影响方式的21年前瞻性评估，以及对年轻人的长期影响。

Aggressive and/or delinquent behaviour, poor school performance and learning, an inability to develop social relationships or successfully join the workforce have all been related to family structure and family functioning. Unfortunately, current policy is poorly informed as previous studies largely involve clinical samples or small population sub-groups. This study is the only Australian 21 year prospective assessment of the way changes in marriage are impacting on the development of children and adolescents and on the longer term outcomes for young adults.