DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS FROM INTACT AND DIVORCED FAMILIES

Previous research on the effects of divorce has focused primarily on y oung children. In the present study, 110 high school students from div orced or intact families were administered a variety of questionnaires to ascertain any differences between students from the two family sit uations. The questionnaires focused on the following areas: beliefs ab out divorce, family environment, interparental conflict, and self-depi ction. No significant differences were found between the divorced and intact groups. These results suggest that teens from divorced families ate as well-adjusted as teens from intact families. A number of corre lations were found to be significant, implying that it is the family e nvironment not the process of divorce, that influences children's adju stment.