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Child's emotional well-being and parental marriage stability in Croatia

The research was performed in Croatia, a country differing in social value system from the USA, to test how parental marriage stability, gender of the child and birth order affect child's emotional reactions or child's well - being. 770 couples with their children were included in the study. Couples were divided into 3 groups: intact (N = 234), impaired (N = 266) and divorced (N = 261). Altogether 1163 children were included in the study. ANOVA results showed that parental marriage stability affects child's mood instability, frequency of depressive symptoms and difficulties in interaction with others. Boys reacted differently from girls and birth order did not affect emotional reactions of children.

child's well-being ; parental divorce ; parental marital stability ; child's mood instability

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