al problems, and school performance preceding marital dissolution. The likelihood of scoring above the clinical cutoff of the MI rose from 8% to 11% due to parental divorce (p. 1614).
Based on these findings, Chase-Lansdale, Cherlin and Kiernan (1996) concluded that, while psychiatric long-term effects of divorce do arise, they are developed by only a minority of young adults.
The impact of divorce on offspring's psychoemotional status can also be moderated by the child's age at the time of the divorce. According to Schwartzberg (1992), younger children may have a more difficult time than adolescents in terms of dealing with the divorce properly, thereby avoiding negative long-term effects.
Schwartzberg (1992) believes that receiving therapy at an early age is the key to preventing long-term effects; however, he notes a number of therapy-related variables which can operate to moderate the degree to which therapy will be successful in helping children to avoid the long-term consequences. Variables that need to be considered are said to include the gender of t
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