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The research, conducted at the University of York, found that children of divorcees are around 30% more likely to have behaviour issues due to arguing they have witnessed in the home.
The authors said that the findings appear to contradict "conventional wisdom" that divorce is bad for children. Instead, they say it is the dysfunctional relationship between parents prior to their separation that is to blame.
The research was based on data from 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000 and was presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference at the University of Bristol earlier this week.
While previous studies have discovered a negative relationship between parental divorce and child skills, this research said that children of divorcees are more likely to have difficulty with peers, drop out of school, be unsuccessful in the workplace and experience emotional problems.
It stressed that in most cases, the correlation is explained by "pre-divorce characteristics" of the family.
Around 50% of the non-cognitive skills gaps are explained by interparental conflicts, the study noted, while around 35% of the gap is by family financial resources, as those who divorce tend to be poorer on average than non-divorcees.
Gloria Moroni, who carried out the research, explained: "Inter-parental conflict may be even more harmful to a child's development than parental dissolution itself.
"You find that parents who divorce have much larger inter-parental conflicts and this explains a large part of the non-cognitive skills gaps."
The study said: "Conventional wisdom and a large literature from multiple disciplines tell us that parental divorce is bad for children.
"But the negative relationship between divorce and children's outcomes may be explained by pre-divorce circumstances and, for example, parents who decide to divorce may also be lower educated or poorer, or they may have a more conflictual relationship.
"Indeed, interparental conflicts may be even more harmful to child development than parental divorce itself."
The study concluded that interventions aimed at addressing poverty, interparental conflicts and parental education could help address the issues faced by children of divorcees.
(JP/LM)
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Children Of Divorcees 'Damaged By Fighting'
A new study has suggested that children are more likely to be affected by their parents' arguing, than if their parents divorced.The research, conducted at the University of York, found that children of divorcees are around 30% more likely to have behaviour issues due to arguing they have witnessed in the home.
The authors said that the findings appear to contradict "conventional wisdom" that divorce is bad for children. Instead, they say it is the dysfunctional relationship between parents prior to their separation that is to blame.
The research was based on data from 19,000 children born in the UK in 2000 and was presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference at the University of Bristol earlier this week.
While previous studies have discovered a negative relationship between parental divorce and child skills, this research said that children of divorcees are more likely to have difficulty with peers, drop out of school, be unsuccessful in the workplace and experience emotional problems.
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It stressed that in most cases, the correlation is explained by "pre-divorce characteristics" of the family.
Around 50% of the non-cognitive skills gaps are explained by interparental conflicts, the study noted, while around 35% of the gap is by family financial resources, as those who divorce tend to be poorer on average than non-divorcees.
Gloria Moroni, who carried out the research, explained: "Inter-parental conflict may be even more harmful to a child's development than parental dissolution itself.
"You find that parents who divorce have much larger inter-parental conflicts and this explains a large part of the non-cognitive skills gaps."
The study said: "Conventional wisdom and a large literature from multiple disciplines tell us that parental divorce is bad for children.
"But the negative relationship between divorce and children's outcomes may be explained by pre-divorce circumstances and, for example, parents who decide to divorce may also be lower educated or poorer, or they may have a more conflictual relationship.
"Indeed, interparental conflicts may be even more harmful to child development than parental divorce itself."
The study concluded that interventions aimed at addressing poverty, interparental conflicts and parental education could help address the issues faced by children of divorcees.
(JP/LM)
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