STUDY 1

A study named “Does Parental Divorce Affect Adolescents' Cognitive Development?”

done by Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano and Daniela Vuri along with IZA, The Institute for the

Study of Labor, in 2004. A study to see if the cognitive development of adolescents

were changed based on the fact of their current family situation.

This study shows the families that are intact has a higher cognitive ability than families

that are not intact. However, the research that was also conducted showed the same

children having lower cognitive ability before their parents got divorce. The research in

this study shows that teenager’s cognitive ability will not necessarily decrease, but that

does not say anything about the effect on younger children.

The study concludes that in the short run, adolescents with divorced families may have

a lower cognitive ability, even if they have a lower cognitive ability before their parents

are divorced. In the long run, this is the same

In a study named: Impact of Family Breakdown on Children’s Well-Being (2009), written

by Ann Mooney, Chris Oliver, Marjorie Smith et al; They concluded that compared with

children growing up in intact families, outcomes across a range of measures are poorer

for children who experience family breakdown, and some of these persist into

adulthood. For example, they are less likely to gain educational qualifications, and more

likely to leave home and become a parent at a younger age. The differences, however,

are comparatively small, with many children not affected, and most children are not

adversely affected in the long term. Some children benefit from parental separation,

particularly children who have witnessed or been subject to violence and abuse, or

living in households where there were high levels of parental conflict.

STUDY 3

In another study named Behavioral Problems and Coping Strategies of Selected

Adolescents Belonging to a Broken Family (2014) written by Mary Joyce Magpantay,

Precious Malabrigo, Rouel Jospeh Malijan et al; states that their study is a collection of

data taken from adolescents from broken families in Sto Tomas, Batangas. The general

aim of the study is to identify the behavioral problems, the effects of these behaviors

and the coping strategies of the adolescents belonging to a broken family.

Their study indicates the problems that belong to the great extent category are as

follow: lying to parents, with a frequency of 33 or 94 percent in rank one; going home

late at night, with a frequency of 27 or 77 percent in rank two; absenteeism, with a

frequency of 23 or 66 percent in rank three; and getting in fights, with a frequency of 22

or 63 percent in rank four.

They concluded that the most common behavioral problems of adolescents from broken

homes are lying, going home late at night, absenteeism and getting in fights. eating

disorder due to depression and anxiety is the most common effect of the adolescents

belonging to a broken family. In their study, the respondents generally utilize negative

coping strategies such as smoking and alcohol abuse, while some of them engage in

sports as a positive coping strategy.