Divorce Statistics and Studies Blog

New article on divorce's effects on adults

Divorce leads to increased depression and drinking for both men and women, although it varies depending on whether there are children, according to The Association of Family and Conciliation Courts summary and critique of the following article, which also measured several other outcomes:

Williams, K. and Dunne-Bryant, A. [2006]. Divorce and Adult Psychological Well-Being: Clarifying the Role of Gender and Child Age. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68, 1178-1196.

Divorce hurts rural women's health long-term

From the Smart Marriages listserv, here are news articles about Iowa State University study, "The Short-Term and Decade-Long Effects of Divorce on Women's Midlife Health," by Fred Lorenz, K.A.S. Wickrama, Rand Conger and Glen Elder,  published in summer of 2006 in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Additional info on effects and correlates of divorce

To get complete information and citations, you should also review the Divorce Statistics Collection’s page on your topic:
Correlations with Other Factors: Age | Alcoholic parents | Children of Divorce Getting Divorced
| Cohabitation | Current Events| Gender of Children | Laws |   Marriage education programs | Occupation | Poverty | Race | Region | Religion |  Smoking | Unrealistic Expectations 
Effects on Society: Domestic Violence | Social-Economic-Taxpayer Costs | Effects on Black Community
Effects on Divorced People: Domestic Violence | Economic | Happiness | Physical and Mental Health
Effects on Children: Generally | Child Abuse | Poverty | Crime | Crime | Physical Health | Mental Health/Behavioral | Social Skills/Adjustment | Suicide | Teen & single parenthood | Exposure to family conflict | Stepfamilies | African American Children
Other:  Summary of Our Findings So Far| Causes of individual divorces