Self-Esteem in Young Adults: The Effects of Parental Divorce in Childhood

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Dawn Krider

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This study investigated the relationship of parental divorce during childhood and the self-esteem of young adult offspring. It was expected that adult children of divorced parents (where the divorce occurred during childhood) would display lower levels of self-esteem than adult children of intact families, and that male students of divorced parents would display lower levels of self-esteem than female students of divorced parents. Sixty-five college students volunteered participation in the study. All students completed the same.Self-Esteem Questionnaire (SEQ). No significant difference was found between the self-esteem of adult children of divorced parents and adult children of intact parents, or between the self-esteem of males and females. Limited time and sample sizes were expected to have affected the obtained results. It is believed that future research is necessary in the area of adult selfesteem following parental divorce in childhood. It is hoped that such research will lead to improved counseling programs following parental divorce in order to decrease the detrimental developmental affects on self-esteem.

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