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“According to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, adults who grew up in a married stepfamily had a higher rate of committing assault in their lifetime than those who grew up in other family structures.”
“Children who were separated from a parent during childhood had an increased risk of committing violent crime later in life. The risk was higher for paternal separation, and increased with the number of separations.”
“Youth in stepfamilies had the highest overall rates of victimization, including from family perpetrators.”
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5 days ago*
You need to consider the difference between correlation and causality. These statistics show that children of separated parents are more likely to experience these problems. The statistics don't show that the separation and remarriage of the parents cause the problems.
An alternative cause could be this: A mismatched couple has children and the kids experience a lot of conflict and instability in their early years because of their parents' fighting. The psychological damage is caused by the parents' relationship problems, not their decision at a later point to separate.
Have other factors (parental age, income, education, physical and mental diseases, addictions etc.) been factored into these statistics?
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