Children and Marriage
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The issue of whether a couple should remain in a troubled or difficult marriage "for the sake of the children" was addressed by Hetherington (1999) via an examination of the results of three longitudinal studies of divorce and remarriage. Noting that the issue is of significance, Hetherington (1999) commented that two main strategies have been used to empirically explore the issue: first, some studies have compared the adjustment of children whose parents later divorce to children whose parents do not divorce; second, studies have focused on examining the adjustment of children in high-conflict non-divorced families and in divorced families. It is the view of Hetherington (1999) that the presence or absence of conflict may be one of the most critical variables to be considered in determining whether or not divorce is preferable û from the perspective of its effects on children. The longitudinal studies examined by Hetherington (1999) included the Virginia Longitudinal Study of Divor
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