We test the so-called escape hypothesis, which argues that for people from a poor marriage, a divorce has a less negative or even a positive effect on well-being. In an analysis of two waves of the ...

Dear Eric: I’ve been thinking about divorce for a while now, but I’m terrified of what it might do to our kids. I feel like my marriage is no longer working. My husband and I are no longer on ...

Going through a divorce is extremely challenging and previous research has highlighted the adverse effects that it can have on divorcees. A recent study in open-access journal Frontiers in ...

Among the many negative effects a divorce has on children is that they tend to be heavier than kids from marriages where parents stay together. A new study suggests that children from divorced ...

When going through a divorce, the two parents involved -- their feelings, attitudes, behaviour and the consequent story line -- can affect the mental health of the child for better or worse.

November 28, 2012 The negative effects of divorce Follow Saudigazette on Dr. Ali Al-Ghamdi 1 ...

The negative effect was particularly large for women at a high risk of divorce, she said. She determined that the ruling had no significant effects, positive or negative, on men’s wellbeing. In the ...