Mental Health and the Relationship between Parental Divorce and Children's Higher Degree Acquisition

Autor/in	Pittelli, Brittany V.
Titel	Mental Health and the Relationship between Parental Divorce and Children's Higher Degree Acquisition
Quelle	(2019), (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit M.A. Dissertation, University of South Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-0855-9648-0
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Mental Health; Correlation; Divorce; Educational Attainment; Depression (Psychology); Parent Child Relationship; Graduate Study; Longitudinal Studies; National Surveys; Children; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); National Longitudinal Survey of Youth + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Psychohygiene; Korrelation; Ehescheidung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Studies between parental divorce and children's educational attainment have been extensively observed in family research. However, few studies have attempted to examine the negative relationship of those associations with graduate level attainment. This study suggests that parental divorce is associated with diminished overall mental health (i.e., depressive symptoms) in children, and that this decrease may help explain the connection between parental divorce and lower graduate level academic attainment. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97), a nationally representative sample of nearly 9,000 individuals interviewed, this study outlines hypotheses that link parental divorce, mental health, and graduate level academic success among children. The results suggest children of divorce are less likely to attain a graduate degree and are slightly more likely to have depressive symptoms than children from continuously married parents. There were no significant mediating effects regarding parental divorce and children's higher degree acquisition. The findings imply that the negative effects of divorce may persist past the college years, but that mental health/emotional resources do not seem to help us understand the relationship between divorce and the highest levels of educational attainment. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01