In the past 50 years, research on divorce has grown exponentially. A search of the database PsychInfo from 1962 to the present using the search term “divorc*” returned a total of 14,955 citations. A graph of this growth by decade is depicted in Figure?1, indicating an average of 514 citations per year over the last…

A large number of studies have shown that parental divorce is associated with psychological maladjustment in children. Less is known about whether the magnitude of this association has changed over time. This is mainly because of the lack of repeated data, containing identical measures over time. In the present article, the authors use data from…

Many studies have reported an association between childhood adversity and CRP levels, a reliable marker of low-grade inflammation (Pepys and Hirschfield, 2003), across the life course. Chronic inflammation is correlated with poorer health outcomes, such as depression (Danner et al., 2003 and Howren et al., 2009), type II diabetes (Bassuk et al., 2004) and coronary…

The rising international trend in the number of parents who separate or divorce is raising concerns about long-term consequences for child and youth well-being and adjustment to adulthood. Separation and divorce may increase risks for negative outcomes in physical, mental, educational and psychosocial well-being during childhood and later, as youth transition to adulthood. Most children…