There is great disparity in the
literature on Divorce. Many studies have found that there is
indeed a relationship between divorce and many negative affects, such
as poor future relationships. There is also a great deal of
research that indicates that there is no relationship between divorce
and negative development of future relationships. This disparity
of research may be due to the many factors including the age of the
child when parental divorce occurred, how the parents related to the
child after the divorce and so on. In research like this
confounds are difficult to control for. The current research on
ego identity stages and intimacy in adult children of divorce, found no
correlation between fear of intimacy, ego identity status and divorced
participants. This does not mean that this is always the
case as shown by previous research. I encourage anyone interested
in this area to continue research like this, and help people understand
the implications of parental relationships.
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