The Effects of Divorce on Children

<p>In today’s society divorce touches the lives of many families and children. In The Effects of Divorce on Children author Deborah Henady-Korba explores the impact of divorce on young children focusing on boys ages eight to twelve and the mother-son relationship.</p><p>This critical literature review seeks to establish connections with divorce and issues related to adjustment including problem-solving skills coping mechanisms attachment and bonding explanatory style vulnerability resilience risk and adjustment problems with behavioral and emotional outcomes. It addresses the following questions:<br /><br />• How do boys between the ages of eight and twelve in divorced families cope successfully? <br /><br />• What are their coping behaviors? <br /><br />• Is there a relationship between the effects of post-divorce adjustment on boys who are between eight and twelve years of age and their developmental stages leading to increased behavioral and emotional problems? <br /><br />• What are the effects of post-divorce adjustment on the mother-son relationship? </p><p>The Effects of Divorce on Children shares the results of Henady-Korba’s Literature Review and makes a meaningful contribution to social change in today’s society by offering a revised Diathesis-Stress Model incorporating protective and risk factors that lead to effective or ineffective coping skills and resiliency that may be applied in several areas of psychology.</p>