Observations of Children Placed in Joint Physical Custody of Their

question 30

Multiple Choice

Observations of children placed in joint physical custody of their divorced parents reveals that joint custody youngsters

• A) show far better social and emotional adjustment than sole custody children do
• B) display more social and emotional disturbances, on average, than sole custody children do
• C) are likely to fare about as well as children in sole custody, as long as the parents who share custody have a harmonious relationship
• D) fare slightly better than sole custody youngsters, especially if their parents sharing custody have a conflictual relationship

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Definitions:

Years

Units of time equal to 365 days, or 366 in a leap year, used as a measure of time duration in relation to the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

Families

Groups of individuals related by blood, marriage, or other legal ties, often living together and providing mutual support.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a statistic based on a large number of samples from the same population.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, often used to show frequency distributions.