Results of Amato and Keith's Study of the Impact of Divorce

question 100

Multiple Choice

Results of Amato and Keith's study of the impact of divorce indicate that

• A)the overall impact of divorce is greater for girls than for boys.
• B)divorce is more harmful when it occurs during the preschool and college years.
• C)children whose parents are divorced do not differ from those whose parents stay married.
• D)the negative effects of divorce have decreased over the past few decades.

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