characteristics that lead to academic problems in children of divorced parents

Ganong , L . H Coleman , M (1984 ) The Effects of Remarriage on Children : A Review of

the Empirical Literature . Family Relations , 33 , 389-406

The authors examined critically thirty-eight empirical studies of the effects of parents ' remarriage on children . The subjects of this research were the published and previous studies examined . Ganong and Coleman limited their study on researches and studies reported on esteemed journals and books . The result of the research reveals that there are limited reports of evidence that children in their stepfamilies vary notably from children in other structure of

family The study also shows that psychological variables such as personality characteristics and psychosomatic symptoms does not differ between the two groups of children . The examined studies also suggest that step-children do not experience any problems in social behaviors than other children . Moreover , academic excellence is also almost the same on both children coming from different family structure

Lansford , J . E (2009 . Divorce and Children 's Adjustment . Perspective on Psychological

Science , 1-31

The author reviews in this article the connections between the divorce of parents and their children 's adjustments . Lansford also examines the effects of parental divorce on various aspects of children on academic achievement , social relationships and social behaviors . This article reveals on it conclusion that the divorce of parents have greater impacts on the children 's socialization and behaviors towards other children . The parental divorce also resulted to lower academic achievement and problems in social relationships . She also discusses on this journal article existing policies on...