Physio –Socio Effects of Divorce: Special Reference with Children
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The present society is characterized, among other things, by the declining importance of all primary groups including the family. The family acts simultaneously as an educative unit and a socio-cultural agency. The sex and hunger urges, economic compulsions and the cultural traditions have provided the theoretical justification for the existence of the family. The famous philosopher, Confucius, thought that happiness and prosperity would prevail if everyone would behave ‘correctly’ as a family member. You must have read about the importance of family as a unit in earlier chapter. A family does not consist simply of a number of individuals. Rather, it includes the complex interactions occurring among them. The traditional image of ‘home’ and family as a cosy nest of love, security, togetherness and never-ending happiness has been severely battered in recent times. This is also proved by an abundance of statistical evidence based on empirical studies that family discord and divorce is continuously on the rise. Undergoing the process of divorce and the consequences of divorce is a mentally as well as economically shattering experience for the partners. The after-effects of divorce, especially for the children, have a damaging effect when the issue of taking the custody arises. The practice of awarding custody primarily to one parent is bad for everyone-involved child, father and the mother. Studies have proved that the emotional experience for the children leads them towards deviant behaviour, which may lead even to crime. In a study by Kirkpatrick in 1951, it was found that parental divorce showed greater influence than bereavement on the marital adjustment of grown up offspring. This study shows that the children face long term effect on their life because of parental discord and dissolution of the marriage.
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