Impacts of parents' divorce on Chinese children: A model with academic performance as a mediator

Anqi Xu; Jiehai Zhang; Yan R. Xia

doi:10.1300/J002v42n03_05

Impacts of parents' divorce on Chinese children: A model with academic performance as a mediator

Anqi Xu, Jiehai Zhang, Yan R. Xia

Children, Youth and Family Studies

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The study examined the impact of parents' divorce on Chinese children's well-being. A Chinese theoretical model was tested using Structural Equation Modeling. The sample consisted of 940 Chinese children aged 6-16. The well-being of children from divorced families was compared with that of two-parent and widowed families. The results showed that children's academic performance mediated the negative impact of divorce on children's well-being. The societal discriminating attitude towards divorce and single-parent families had a strong negative effect on the children's well-being. Parenting skills of the custodial parent had more influence on the children's well-being than the marital conflicts prior to the divorce. Supports from the extended families counterbalanced some negative effects associated with divorce.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	91-119
Number of pages	29
Journal	Marriage and Family Review
Volume	42
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1300/J002v42n03_05
State	Published - Jan 8 2008

Keywords

Academic performance
Chinese children
Divorce
Wellbeing

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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