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Title: Surprising Effects of Marital Conflict and Disruption on Children's Health
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Houseknecht, Sharon K. Hango, Darcy William |
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Surprising Effects of Marital Conflict and Disruption on Children's Health Presented: Washington, DC, American Sociological Association Meetings, August 2000 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Behavior Problems Index (BPI); Child Health; Divorce; Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME); Marital Conflict Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper investigates the effect of inconsistency between parental marital conflict and disruption on children's health using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Two alternative hypotheses, the stress vulnerable hypothesis and the stress resistant hypothesis, provide the basis for the analysis. The results support the stress resistant hypothesis, and, therefore, challenge the widespread notion that marital conflict and disruption have only adverse effects for children. We find that children's health is enhanced when minimal marital conflict preceded disruption and when marital conflict is high but there is no disruption. The positive effects are for boys only. There are no significant effects for girls. |
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Houseknecht, Sharon K. and Darcy William Hango. "Surprising Effects of Marital Conflict and Disruption on Children's Health." Presented: Washington, DC, American Sociological Association Meetings, August 2000. |