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Parental Separation and Divorce — Does it Affect the Academic Achievement of Primary School-Aged Children?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2015

Liz Pike
Liz Pike*
Affiliation:
Western Australian College of Advanced Education
*
Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Western Australia, 6027
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Abstract

The effect of parental separation and divorce on the academic achievement of young primary school-aged children was examined using standardized instruments. Children from non-intact backgrounds were matched with an intact group of peers at both the early and middle years of primary school.

Analysis of results suggested that there were no significant differences in levels of achievement between the non-intact children and their intact peers either at the early or middle years of school across any of the variables measured. This finding is consistent with other studies using standardized measures of academic achievement.

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The Educational and Developmental Psychologist , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , November 1990 , pp. 4 - 8
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Copyright © Australian Psychological Society 1990

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