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 ...

They went on to say that a variety of factors, from poverty to mental health, were more accurate indicators driving the negative effects of divorce. Cornwall and Coltrane concluded by lamenting ...

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 ...