Emerging research suggests a childhood family breakup can have long-term negative consequences for the children with girls’ health especially at risk.
University of Illinois researchers discovered girls’ mental and physical health are more affected by family fragmentation than boys’ health although they discovered both genders may have adult health problems.
Investigators looked the impact of a family breakup on overall health, depression, and smoking and finds that, for girls, all three are worse.
“Girls’ health is more sensitive to family structure,” said Dr. Andrea Beller, a University of Illinois economist who studies educational attainment and the effects of single-parent family living.
[For more of this story, written by Rick Nauert, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...ls-health/96251.html]
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