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This finding looks at the relationship between parental marital disruption and children’s academic performance and psychological well-being.

Compared with their peers from intact families, students who had experienced parental marital disruptions scored lower on academic tests and had lower educational aspirations both before and after the disruptions.

Sample or Data Description
The sample consisted of 9,524 students from the first three waves of the National Education Longitudinal Study.

Source
"Children’s Well-Being During Parents’ Marital Disruption Process: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis."
Sun, Yongmin
Li, Yuanzhang
Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 64, Number . May, 2002. Page(s) 472-488.

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