A well-handled divorce is unlikely to cause behavioural problems in children, according to a new study.
Research from the University of Basque has suggested that it is how divorces are handled which affects the children involved, rather than the act of divorce itself.
The study's head researcher, Priscilla Comono, came to her conclusion after analysing the behaviour of 400 children - half of whom had divorced parents. Comono also handed a questionnaire to the divorced parents in the study to discover how they thought they were coping with divorce.
According to hindustantimes.com, her final results suggested that divorce only becomes a problem for children if it causes risk factors such as parental conflict, inadequate co-parenting, changes in daily routines or illnesses with parents.
The conclusion may convince mutually unhappy parents that is OK to approach divorce solicitors as long as they can remain civil towards each other during the separation process.
Evaluating the results of her study for The Times of India, Comono said: "If the parents have adopted positively to the divorce, the offspring are not going to have any more behavioural problems than those of the offspring of married parents.
"The confirmation of this relationship between the parents' adaptation and the adjustment of the offspring is essential with a view to working with the parents and achieving benefits, in them themselves and in their offspring."
