Sociologist Paul Amato Has Studied How the Well-Being of Adults

question 63

Multiple Choice

Sociologist Paul Amato has studied how the well-being of adults is related to the state of their parents' marriages when the participants were children.What best represents the findings of that study?

• A) If the parents' marriage ended in divorce,the level of discord had no additional effect on well-being.
• B) If the parents had a lot of discord,divorce had no additional effect on well-being.
• C) If the parents had little discord and divorced,or if the parents' marriage had a lot of discord but the couple remained married,the children had the poorest well-being as adults.
• D) If the parents' marriage had a lot of discord and then ended in divorce,the children had the lowest well-being as adults.

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