on Adolescent Academic Achievement Developmental Issues

Parental separation and divorce can have a critically adverse effect on the academic performance and achievement of adolescent students. The psychological and social disadvantages can significantly interfere with students reaching their full potential for success in school. Information is provided on the scope of divorce in society and its emotional, social, and academic effects on children. Review of the literature yields a number of insights: marital dissolution has been shown to have potentially grave adaptive consequences and negative results for many children; family structure has been identified as the main cause for a lower grade point average among children of divorce; and research also suggests that income may be responsible for the difference. Children who have recently experienced a divorce are in a crisis situation and can be expected to have a change in their behavior. Males have been found to experience greater emotional, social, and academic problems. Effective support for children of divorce i