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ERIC Number: EJ606185
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Parental Conflict and Marital Disruption: Do Children Benefit When High-Conflict Marriages Are Dissolved?
Morrison, Donna Ruane; Coiro, Mary Jo
Journal of Marriage and the Family, v61 n3 p626-37 Aug 1999
Reports that separation and divorce are associated with increases in behavior problems in children, regardless of the level of conflict between parents. Explains that in marriages that do not break up, high levels of marital conflict are associated with even greater increases in children's behavior problems. (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Conflict, Divorce, Family Influence, Family Life, Marriage, Well Being, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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