More of them end up in mental health clinics and hospital settings. There is earlier sexual activity, more children born out of wedlock, less marriage, and more divorce. Numerous studies show that adult children of divorce have more psychological problems than those raised in intact marriages." (Kupelian, 2005) it is reported in the work entitled: "Reflections on Distressed Couples Contemplating Divorce One Study of the Structured Separation Process" that the high divorce rate has caused family therapists to search for ways for families to make necessary transitions during divorce in what is termed a structural marriage separation. While this cannot assure happiness for couples or their children this method is clearly preferable to the chaos that often ensues when a couple separates. (Mize, Nelson, Sutter, and Mize, 2005)
Summary & Analysis
The factual evidence provided in this case which is under analysis was provided in a brief sketch only which leaves many variables both known and unknown. Because this study made the assumption that no marital domestic violence and abuse existed and neither did pre-marital affairs exist with either spouse and finally made the additional assumption that there are no existing problems with drug or alcohol abuse then the facts are indeed in brief form only. However, the fact that the couple has attempted counseling in order to resolve the problems in the marriage that the husband and wife desire that the marriage be somehow 'fixed' or resolved in a happy and positive manner. Added to this fact is the fact of the couple having a four-year-old daughter and who is the only truly innocent party in this matter and who is the individual who will be most negatively affected should a divorce result. With these considerations in mind and the facts as laid out in the foregoing review of literature in this subject area there appears to be absolutely nothing whatsoever to gain from a divorce and everything to gain should the couple somehow, and at some point find a level of happiness within the marriage. While often one spouse or the other is young,...
If there are no significant differences in student counselor perceptions of marriage, then student counselors can be trained in pre-marital and marital therapies without reference to the counselor demographic. The goals of the treatment remain the same. 3. How can it be applied to marriage and couple counseling? As the authors suggest, the findings can be applied to help counselors and especially student counselors because the results cannot necessarily be extrapolated
Case Study of “Julie”: The Effects of Divorce on a Teenager 1. Identifying information The client, “Julie,” is a white, 14-year-old female 9th grade student with no siblings and a single mother, “Anne.” She presents for this first counseling session well groomed, appropriately dressed, and reports being in a relationship with a 17-year-old boyfriend who is a senior at her school. 2. Initial Impression The client is intelligent and articulate, but she
This article is of extreme importance in this research study. It adds to the other articles mentioned by discussing the importance of protective factors in detail and urging caution when espousing a correlative relationship between cause and effect in divorce and the reaction of children. Leon, K. (2003). Risk and Protective Factors in Young Children's Adjustment to Parental Divorce: A Review of the Research. Family Relations, 52(3), pp.258-270. In this article, Leon
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Summary In the study by Nusinovici et al. (2018), the researchers used a quantitative method to assess the impact of divorce or separation of parents on their preterm children’s (preterm meaning born before 35 weeks) academic performance at 5 years of age. Thus, the main variables included in this study were: 1) the subject had to be a preterm baby, 2) the subject’s parents had to be separated or divorced at
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