Despite the general negative findings, it is important to remember that all children who live through a divorce do not behave in the same way. The specific behavior depends on the child’s individual personality, characteristics, age at the time of divorce, and gender. In terms of personality, when compared to those rated as relaxed and easygoing, children described as temperamental and irritable have more difficulties coping with parental divorce, as indeed they have more difficulties adapting to life changes in general. Stress, such as that found in disrupted families, seems to impair the ability of temperamental children to adapt to their surroundings, the greater the amount of stress, the less well they adapt. In contrast, a moderate amount of stress may actually help an easygoing, relaxed child learn to cope with adversity.
There is some relationship between age and children’s characteristic reaction to divorce. As the child grows older, the greater is the
A. they care too much about the life changes
B. the great stress of their families diminishes their ability
C. they tend to lose temper easily and are sensitive to the life changes
D. they are faced with more parents’ fights than the relaxed, easygoing children
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