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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Non- vs Divorced families

Overview

  • Influence: Non- vs Divorced families
  • Domain: Home
  • Sub-Domain: Family structure
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have positive impact
  • Influence Definition: Children from intact, two-parent families, usually compared to single or co parenthood.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 6
  • Number of studies: 318
  • Number of students: 0
  • Number of effects: 457
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.26
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Psychological Bulletin Amato & Keith USA Parental Divorce and the Well-Being of Children: A Meta-Analysis 1991 Both parents vs. divorced families 39 0 39 0.16
Journal of Family Psychology Amato USA Children of Divorce in the 1990s: An Update of the Amato and Keith (1991) Meta-Analysis 2001 Resident vs. non resident fathers 67 0 177 0.29
Psychological Reports Kunz & Kunz Australia Parental divorce and academic achievement of college students 1995 Both parents vs. divorced families 65 0 65 0.30
Journal of Divorce and Remarriage Reifman, Villa, Amans, Rethinam, & Telesca USA Children of divorce in the 1990s: A meta-analysis 2001 Children of intact vs. divorced parents 35 0 7 0.16
Dissertation McKee USA The effects of parental divorce on children: Four meta-analyses 1992 Non Divorce vs. Divorce on achievement 24 0 24 0.11
Dissertation Love-Clark USA A meta-analysis of the effects of divorce on children's adjustment 1985 Non-Divorce vs. Divorce on achievement 88 0 145 0.35
TOTAL/AVERAGE 318 0 457 0.23
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