Read the comprehension and answer the following questions! Research | Studyby Phoebe Dey, Express/News StaffA University of Alberta study suggests couples whostay in a bad relationship for the sake of the kids aren'tnecessarily making the right choice. The most harmto a child's mental health is done in the years beforeparents split up, the research shows."Perhaps we should pay more attention to whathappens to kids in the period leading up to parentaldivorce, rather than directing all our efforts tohelping children after the event occurs," said Dr. LisaStrohschein, a professor in the University of AlbertaDepartment of Sociology. "For example, levels ofantisocial behaviour actually drop following parentaldivorce for kids living in highly dysfunctional families."Her work is published in the current edition of theJournal of Marriage and Family.Nearly one in two divorces in Canada involvesdependent children. This trend brings urgency to theongoing debate as to whether divorce is damaging toa child's mental health. Earlier studies have comparedchildren whose parents are divorced with those inintact two-parent families, but failed to take intoaccount the quality of family life prior to divorce.Strohschein looked at divorce as a process,which enabled her to track its effects on child mentalhealth before, during, and after. This approach allowsresearchers to separate effects on child mental healththat are actually due to divorce, and not to other familycharacteristics.Strohschein compared children whose parentsdivorced between 1994 and 1998 with children whoseparents remained married during that period. StatisticsCanada launched the National Longitudinal Survey ofChildren and Youth in 1994 and continues to interviewthis original cohort of children every two years. Thesample is made up of almost 17 000 children up toage 11, with 88.3 percent of those participating in thethird cycle of data collection.Using that data, Strohschein found that differences inchild mental health exist well before the divorce event. Inother words, in 1994 before a divorce took place-kidswhose parents eventually divorced displayed higherTurmoil Leading to Divorce Is Damaging for Children, Study Showslevels of anxiety, depression, and antisocial behaviourthan kids whose parents stay married.The study also showed that those who divorcetend to be younger and report higher levels of familydysfunction and depression, and lower levels ofmarital satisfaction, compared to parents who remainmarried. These characteristics that put them at risk ofdivorce are also associated with child mental health."Once these family characteristics were taken intoaccount, differences in mental health at the initialinterview between children whose parents divorcedand children whose parents remained married can nolonger be detected," said Strohschein. "This suggeststhat troubled families are at risk for both divorce andchild mental health problems, and calls into questionthe assumption that it is the divorce event that isnecessarily damaging to child mental health."In addition to these pre-existing differences,there are changes in child mental health that occurafter a divorce. On average, anxiety and depressionincrease following parental divorce. But in some highlydysfunctional families, the level of a child's antisocialbehaviour drops after a divorce.Adding one more cycle of data collection will allowresearchers to track even more closely how childrenadjust to parental divorce over time, Strohschein said.Source: Dey, P. (2005, December 15). Turmoil leading to divorceis damaging for children, study shows. ExpressNews. University ofAlberta.1. What was the purpose of Dr. Strohschein'sresearch?2. In what issue of the Journal of Marriage andFamily was this research published?3. How did she conduct her investigation?4. How do the results of this study add to theunderstanding of the effects of divorce?5. Why is there a need for further study?

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Social Psychology (10th Edition)

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