Topic > Psychological Effects of Divorce on Children - 1686

Children of divorced parents tend to withdraw from activities they enjoyed when living in an intact family. Children are worried about learning to live a new lifestyle and trying to carry out daily activities. They are more focused on how they may have played a role in the divorce. Divorce could have an effect on how older children form and maintain intimate relationships. Divorce can leave children with negative ideas about whether relationships can last despite suffering and whether it is worth working to save them. Negative attitudes of members of the opposite sex might also form based on the interactions of divorced parents. There is significant evidence showing that adolescents and young adults raised in intact two-parent families are more likely than others to be religious and to specifically adopt their parents' affiliations and practices (Regnerus and Uecker, 2006 and Uecker et al., 2007). ). Sherkat and Wilson (1995) found that young adults who felt close to their parents in intact families were less likely to abandon organized religion. Children of divorced families may no longer find religion important or may begin to question religious beliefs after witnessing their parents' divorce. Young adults' religious involvement varies depending on their relationship and family status. Those who are married, and especially those who