... -health specialists have posited that the wrenching act of divorce and its aftermath leave scars that can linger "in the afflicted children, throughout adolescence and into adulthood (Wallerstein and Kelly 257). Conversely, E. Mavis Hetherington declared that a conflict-ridden intact family is more deleterious to family members than a stable home situation in which parents are divorced. They also found that 75 ... ...

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... are reported to exhibit lower levels of socially competent behavior (e.g., more noncompliant and acting out responses) which add to the stressful circumstances of custodial parents" (Hetherington et al., 1978; Wallerstein & Kelly, 1980, as cited in Peterson et al., 1984, p. 15). In the same study, Peterson et al., 1984, stated "children who are socially competent prior to divorce often show signs of ... ...

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