Children Who Are Concerned About Parents Arguing Are Prone To School Problems

Children who worry about how their parents get along with each other are more likely than other children to have psychological problems. Now a new study says that children who worry a lot about conflicts between their parents are more likely to have problems in school because they have more difficulty paying attention to the tasks before them.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester, Syracuse University, and the University of Notre Dame, is one of the first to chart how children's concerns about their parents' relationship may increase their vulnerability to later adjustment problems. It appears in the September/October 2008 issue of the journal Child Development.

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