1-110Why Is It Difficult to Determine the Nature of the Relationship

question 129

Multiple Choice

1-110.Why is it difficult to determine the nature of the relationship between divorce and the psychological functioning of family members?

• A)Cause and effect cannot be determined as preexisting behavioral abnormalities in either the parents or the children may make divorce more likely.
• B)The findings have been too inconsistent for any conclusions to be drawn.
• C)While the effects of divorce are negative on children,the effects on the spouses are generally positive.
• D)Due to modern acceptance of divorce,there has been an ongoing decrease in the negative effects of divorce.As the impact of divorce has been decreasing,the effect of divorce on family functioning has become impossible to detect.

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A surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through incisions in the mother's abdomen and uterus.

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