ADOLESCENTS FROM DIVORCED AND INTACT FAMILIES

Four hundred-forty adolescents (N = 123 adolescents from divorced fami lies) were given a set of scales on relationships (intimacy with paren ts and peers, social support, family responsibility-taking) and psycho logical variables (happiness, self-esteem, depression and risk-taking) to determine the effects of divorce on these variables. The adolescen ts from divorced families differed very little from those of intact fa milies. As might be expected, they perceived less intimacy with their fathers as well as less social support, and they assumed more family r esponsibilities.